Photos as Loyola University and others gather at Madonna della Strada Chapel for Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt’s funeral on Oct. 16, 2025. The beloved nun, who served as the basketball team chaplain since 1994, died last week. She was 106.
Items of Sister Jean’s are on display near her former office at the Damen Student Center at Loyola University on Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025, as part of a memorial to her. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune)Sister Dorothy “Dodie” Dwight, left, and Sister Ann DeNicolo, who were at Mundelein with Sister Jean, take a photo with a cardboard cutout of Sister Jean on display near her former office at the Damen Student Center at Loyola University during a reception after her funeral at Loyola University on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune)Domenico D’Alessandro looks at items of Sister Jean’s on display near her former office at the Damen Student Center at Loyola University during a reception after her funeral at Loyola University on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune)Items of Sister Jean’s are on display near her former office at the Damen Student Center at Loyola University during a reception after her funeral at Loyola University on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune)A bagpiper leads a procession of Sister Jean’s hearse outside Madonna della Strada Chapel after her funeral at Loyola University on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune)A sign dedicated to Sister Jean sits on a desk near her former office at the Damen Student Center at Loyola University on Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune)Pallbearer Allan Norville, center, former Loyola basketball player and friend of forty years, helps bring the casket of Sister Jean to the hearse outside Madonna della Strada Chapel after her funeral at Loyola University on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune)People line up outside Madonna della Strada Chapel for the funeral of Sister Jean at Loyola University on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune)People line up outside Madonna della Strada Chapel for the funeral of Sister Jean at Loyola University on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune)People line up outside Madonna della Strada Chapel for the funeral of Sister Jean at Loyola University on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune)People line up outside Madonna della Strada Chapel for the funeral of Sister Jean at Loyola University on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune)Items of Sister Jean’s are on display near her former office at the Damen Student Center at Loyola University on Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025, as part of a memorial to her. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune)Items of Sister Jean’s are on display near her former office at the Damen Student Center at Loyola University on Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025, as part of a memorial to her. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune)Pallbearers Loyola athletic director Steve Watson, left, and Loyola men’s basketball coach Drew Valentine stand outside Madonna della Strada Chapel as a hearse carries the casket of Sister Jean after her funeral at Loyola University on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune)Former Loyola basketball player Paul McMillan III hugs Loyola athletic director Steve Watson as they stand outside Madonna della Strada Chapel after the funeral os Sister Jean at Loyola University on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune)Domenico D’Alessandro looks at items of Sister Jean’s on display near her former office at the Damen Student Center at Loyola University during a reception after her funeral at Loyola University on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune)Items of Sister Jean’s are on display near her former office at the Damen Student Center at Loyola University during a reception after her funeral at Loyola University on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune)Pallbearer Allan Norville, former basketball player and friend of forty years, stands outside Madonna della Strada Chapel as the casket of Sister Jean is brought to the hearse after her funeral at Loyola University on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune)Items of Sister Jean’s are on display near her former office at the Damen Student Center at Loyola University on Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025, as part of a memorial to her. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune)Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias speaks to media about the impact of Sister Jean outside the Madonna della Strada Chapel during her wake at Loyola University on Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune)Gov. JB Pritzker speaks to people outside the Madonna della Strada Chapel during the wake of Sister Jean at Loyola University on Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune)A hearse is parked in front of Madonna della Strada Chapel during the funeral of Sister Jean at Loyola University on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune)People line up outside Madonna della Strada Chapel for the funeral of Sister Jean at Loyola University on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune)People line up outside Madonna della Strada Chapel for the funeral of Sister Jean at Loyola University on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune)
