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Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, beloved Loyola University team chaplain, dies aged 106

Schimdt remembered as ‘profound blessing’ after gaining attention for supporting Chicago school’s basketball team

The Guardian - US · Oct 10, 2025

Barack Obama, Sports World Mourn Death of Loyola-Chicago Icon Sister Jean

The 106-year-old ex-Ramblers team chaplain died Thursday.

Sports Illustrated · Oct 10, 2025

Tributes paid to viral college basketball icon

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The Independent UK · Oct 10, 2025

As she turns 104, Loyola’s Sister Jean talks AI, migrant crisis, basketball and dying

“I never think about being old,” the campus celebrity who has captured the hearts of those in Chicago and beyond told the Chicago Sun-Times in an interview.

Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 20, 2023

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

The first book from the Loyola basketball team’s beloved chaplain is fittingly called “Waking Up With a Purpose! What I’ve Learned in My First Hundred Years.”

Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 24, 2023

At 103, Sister Jean publishes memoir of faith and basketball

She’s known simply as Sister Jean -- the Catholic nun who captured the sports world’s imagination as chaplain for the Loyola Chicago men’s basketball team that reached the NCAA Final Four in 2018

The Independent UK · Feb 16, 2023

Sister Jean’s message to us all as she turns 103: Don’t worry, be happy

You look at Sister Jean, you listen to her, you watch her with people, with her players and students and just about anybody who happens to be around, and it’s impossible not to smile.

Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 23, 2022

Highland Park readies for the school year, an unusual way to combat theft and more in your Chicago news roundup

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Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 22, 2022

Loyola's Sister Jean turns 103, has train stop named for her

Loyola University’s Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt got some Chicago hardware with her name on it for her 103rd birthday

The Independent UK · Aug 22, 2022

Loyola Red Line plaza renamed for ‘world famous’ Sister Jean on her 103rd birthday

During a dedication Sunday, Sister Jean greeted fans, accepted gifts and hobnobbed with Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Gov. J.B. Pritzker. “I just love being at Loyola,” she said.

Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 21, 2022