CHICAGO — Even to Sister Jean, the lovable nonagenarian nun who became a star during Loyola Chicago's stunning run to the Final Four two years ago, this is new territory.
The coronavirus pandemic has brought big chunks of the world to a near standstill.
"This is very different," said Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, who turned 100 last August. "Spanish flu was just about over in 1919 when I was born and so I only know about that through hearsay and what my family told me. ... I've lived through the Depression, I've lived through World War II and all these other things that have happened within the last 20 years—but nothing like this.