![]() ![]() They then talked about their shared love for the Loyola Ramblers. Samuel Grebener, a 19-year-old freshman, told her he was thinking about medical school. “What’s your dream?” she asked some of them. She smiled warmly and waved to prospective students and shook hands with current students, asking them about their classes. She wore purple Nike Air Max sneakers with the words “Sister” and “Jean” written on the back, and her maroon and gold Loyola scarf that often gets compared to Harry Potter’s. She arrived in a wheelchair for the interview at her office in the university’s student center. “They’re the ones who keep me going because they bring such joy into my life - and they keep you updated on what’s happening in their world.” “I love life so much and enjoy being with young people,” she told The Associated Press. Among her priorities, there’s little that she enjoys more than talking with young people. She sees the attention as a holy opportunity to tell her story and share what she’s learned to help others wake up with purpose. Her likeness appears on socks, bobbleheads, even a Lego statue at her gallery in Loyola’s art museum. Her NCAA news conference, she was told, had more journalists than Tom Brady drew at the Super Bowl. She has been featured by newspapers and TV stations across America. The beloved Catholic nun captured the sports world’s imagination and became something of a folk hero as the chaplain for the Loyola Chicago men’s basketball team that reached the NCAA Final Four in 2018. In “Wake Up with Purpose: What I’ve Learned in My First Hundred Years,” Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt tells her life story, offers spiritual guidance and shares some of the lessons she’s learned. I’ve always said, ‘If you’re not moving forward, you’re going to get left behind real quick.’ Adaptability is my superpower.” “But I’m pretty comfortable with modern technology. “I guess there aren’t too many 103-year-old nuns using iPads these days – there aren’t too many 103-year-olds, period,” she writes in her memoir that will be published Feb. After prayers for the day ahead, she reads the Gospel on her tablet. She sits up quickly to avoid going to sleep again - “I’ve got too much to do,” she says. CHICAGO (AP) - At age 103, Sister Jean awakes daily at 5 a.m. ![]()
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