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Sister Jean, beloved Loyola-Chicago chaplain, dies at 106

Sister Jean, beloved Loyola-Chicago chaplain, dies at 106

Oct 10, 2025, 12:16 AM ET Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, the beloved, longtime chaplain of the Loyola-Chicago men’s basketball team who became a folk hero during its Cinderella run to the Final Four in 2018, died Thursday, the school said. She was 106. “In many roles at Loyola over the course of more than 60 years, Sister Jean was an …

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