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Sister Jean, Loyola Chicago's beloved basketball chaplain, dies at 106
Sister Jean, Loyola Chicago's beloved basketball chaplain, dies at 106
Sister Jean, Loyola Chicago's beloved basketball chaplain, dies at 106

Published on: 10/10/2025

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Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, the Loyola University men's basketball chaplain and school celebrity, sits for a portrait in The Joseph J. Gentile Arena, on Monday, Jan. 23, 2023, in Chicago. The beloved Catholic nun captured the world's imagination and became something of a folk hero while supporting the Ramblers at the NCAA Final Four in 2018. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)

CHICAGO — Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, the chaplain for the men’s basketball team at Loyola Chicago who became a beloved international celebrity during the school’s fairy-tale run to the Final Four of the NCAA Tournament in 2018, has died, the university announced Thursday night. She was 106.

News Source : https://www.oregonlive.com/collegebasketball/2025/10/sister-jean-loyola-chicagos-beloved-basketball-chaplain-and-ncaa-tourney-icon-dies-at-106.html

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