Sister Jean on Life, Faith…and Basketball!
| 03/8/2023
By: The Good Newsroom
On this International Women’s Day meet 103-year-old Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, aka the basketball nun!
She is the beloved chaplain for the Loyola Chicago’s men’s basketball team and recently published a memoir, Wake Up with Purpose: What I Have Learned in My First Hundred Years.
Our partners at the Catholic Faith Network have the story:
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OSV News
| 08/25/2026
Sign-ups close Sept. 17 for the Sept. 20 run through Mount Saint Mary College.
By:
The Good Newsroom
| 08/25/2026
Eighth graders in the Archdiocese of New York can register starting August 24; the window closes October 28.