Jean Dolores Schmidt, the beloved Loyola Chicago males’s basketball chaplain referred to as “Sister Jean,” died on Thursday, the college introduced.
She was 106.
Sister Jean turned a nationwide sports activities icon throughout Loyola Chicago’s miraculous Ultimate 4 run in 2018 as an No. 11 seed.
She turned the official chaplain of the Ramblers in 1991 and was as a lot part of the staff’s shock run in 2018 because the gamers themselves.
“In lots of roles at Loyola over the course of greater than 60 years, Sister Jean was a useful supply of knowledge and beauty for generations of scholars, school, and employees,” Loyola President Mark C. Reed mentioned in a press release Thursday. “Whereas we really feel grief and a way of loss, there may be nice pleasure in her legacy. Her presence was a profound blessing for our total neighborhood and her spirit abides in 1000’s of lives. In her honor, we are able to aspire to share with others the love and compassion Sister Jean shared with us.”
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