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Adora Namigadde | WBEZ

At 103, Loyola’s Sister Jean reflects on life, prayer and basketball in memoir

Loyola University’s Sister Jean Schmidt has published her memoir. (Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times)

The 103-year-old nun who’s credited with praying the Loyola men’s basketball team to the 2018 Final Four has written her first book.

Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt’s memoir, “Waking Up with Purpose! What I’ve Learned in My First Hundred Years,” publishes Tuesday.

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