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Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, Loyola University Chicago icon, dies at 106

Jean Doloroes Bertha Schmidt, best known to college basketball fans as Sister Jean of Loyola University Chicago, has died, according to ESPN's Shams Charania. She was 106 years old.

Sister Jean grew to international prominence during the 2018 men’s NCAA basketball tournament, when the Ramblers defied the odds in a Cinderella run to the Final Four. She served as the chaplain of that team and it was a memory that she never wanted to forget.

“I live that time over and over again, it was just so fun,” Sister Jean told the Chicago Sun-Times in 2024.

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Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, Loyola University Chicago icon, dies at 106

Jean Doloroes Bertha Schmidt, best known to college basketball fans as Sister Jean of Loyola University Chicago, has died, according to ESPN's Shams Charania. She was 106 years old.
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RIP, Sister Jean.
 
GeeWhy said:
Before I offer condolences, was she a Trump voter? Just need to know where to send them. 😇🙏
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This was her order:

Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary​



“The community has been actively involved in working for peace with justice. During the Civil Rights Movement, sisters participated in the 1965 Selma to Montgomery marches. A number of sisters participated in the annual demonstration at the School of the Americas/Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation each year. Sisters of Charity are on the staff of NETWORK and the 8th Day Center for Justice, a coalition of Catholic religious congregations striving for social change. BVM sisters and their associates collaborate with other women religious and advocacy organizations on issues such as immigration reform, human trafficking, opposition to the death penalty, and nonviolence, especially for women and children.

The congregation has also taken a corporate stance against the death penalty, has declared that the Mount Carmel campus in Dubuque is a nuclear-free zone, and supports national comprehensive immigration reform.

Currently the congregation has sisters living in nineteen states, and in three foreign countries: Ghana, Ecuador, and Guatemala. Ministries of the sisters include working as chaplains in hospitals, hospices and prisons, working with those with addictions or AIDS, pastoral service, spiritual direction, counseling and education.
 
It was a joke people. Seriously, I would think less of her if she voted for Trump, but that's my issue. 106 is a good run. I enjoyed the storyline back in the day. Being raised as a Lutheran, Catholics are my sworn enemies. ;) Currently being a godless heathen, I support the war on Christmas. That reminds me. Early Happy Holidays to the ZZLPers.
 
dcphx said:
There are no Republicans in Chicago...
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As a lapsed Catholic, I’ve gotta say that the
GeeWhy said:
It was a joke people. Seriously, I would think less of her if she voted for Trump, but that's my issue. 106 is a good run. I enjoyed the storyline back in the day. Being raised as a Lutheran, Catholics are my sworn enemies. ;) Currently being a godless heathen, I support the war on Christmas. That reminds me. Early Happy Holidays to the ZZLPers.
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i get it, to a degree

I’m a lapsed Catholic/atheist. I’ve no love for current US religious institutions.

Yet I do admire *some* adherents of the more liberal sects—the folks who adopt a positions that are more closely aligned with compassion, empathy, and equal rights.
 
Actually, I've never thought twice about Catholics until we got this SCOTUS or as I call them the WSCOTUSOAT. I don't care about anyone's religion. I do care how they wield it. Just being honest about thinking less of Trump voters. That would hold for family as well. My Aunt and my sister became Catholics. (Not Trumpers)

I hate that I even wonder about who she voted for. Never would've occurred to me BT (Before Trump). Sorry for desecrating this woman's ZZLP grave.

I think even the most misguided (IMHO) churches do some good work.
 
SnoopRob said:
Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, Loyola University Chicago icon, dies at 106

Jean Doloroes Bertha Schmidt, best known to college basketball fans as Sister Jean of Loyola University Chicago, has died, according to ESPN's Shams Charania. She was 106 years old.

Sister Jean grew to international prominence during the 2018 men’s NCAA basketball tournament, when the Ramblers defied the odds in a Cinderella run to the Final Four. She served as the chaplain of that team and it was a memory that she never wanted to forget.

“I live that time over and over again, it was just so fun,” Sister Jean told the Chicago Sun-Times in 2024.

ca.sports.yahoo.com

Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, Loyola University Chicago icon, dies at 106

Jean Doloroes Bertha Schmidt, best known to college basketball fans as Sister Jean of Loyola University Chicago, has died, according to ESPN's Shams Charania. She was 106 years old.
ca.sports.yahoo.com ca.sports.yahoo.com

RIP, Sister Jean.
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She was there in 1963 too when Loyola won the natty. A 55 year span at the same school between FF appearances is crazy.
 
GeeWhy said:
Actually, I've never thought twice about Catholics until we got this SCOTUS or as I call them the WSCOTUSOAT. I don't care about anyone's religion. I do care how they wield it. Just being honest about thinking less of Trump voters. That would hold for family as well. My Aunt and my sister became Catholics. (Not Trumpers)

I hate that I even wonder about who she voted for. Never would've occurred to me BT (Before Trump). Sorry for desecrating this woman's ZZLP grave.

I think even the most misguided (IMHO) churches do some good work.
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To be clear, there are different sub-sects (known as “Orders”) within the Catholic Church. Some are more liberal than others.

And regional differences exist as well—many Catholics in the south are either Hispanic (and thus very culturally conservative) or are influenced by Bible-belt Protestant conservatism, whereas Catholics in the north and Midwest tend to be a bit more liberal.
 
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