Saying goodbye to Barat Nun looks back on her years as college spiritual leader.(Neighbor)

0 Comments | Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), June, 2005 | by DeRaleau, Janet

Byline: Janet DeRaleau Daily Herald Correspondent Barat College and DePaul University formed an educational alliance in 2001. DePaul trustees voted in 2004 to stop operating the Lake Forest campus in 2005, citing limited enrollment, small endowment and the need for renovations at the century-old facility.

The last graduation - the school's 86th - took place took place June 11 and the campus closes for good on Thursday. In Barat College's final days, Sister Patsy Reiss kept vigil. In a dormitory once filled with the buzz of female students, she was the lone resident. In place of the discontinued Tuesday noon Masses, she presided over prayer services for a handful of Barat staff and supporters. Reiss has been a part of the Barat campus since 1972 when she...