A great profile of an icon, from The New York Times:\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Each prayer begins the same way, with \u201cGood and gracious God.\u201d Sister Jean Dolores-Schmidt always makes sure of that.<\/p>\n But it is in the words that follow that Sister Jean, the 98-year-old nun who serves as the team chaplain for Loyola University-Chicago\u2019s N.C.A.A. tournament-bound basketball team, really finds her voice. She asks for God\u2019s protection for the players. She asks for the referees to call fouls \u201cjustly.\u201d She asks that the Ramblers execute the plays the way they were intended.<\/p>\n The prayers are anything but bipartisan.<\/p>\n \u201cI ask God to be especially good to Loyola so that, at the end of the game, the scoreboard indicates a big \u2018W\u2019 for us,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n Coach Porter Moser and his players had the most to do with Loyola\u2019s bid to go to the N.C.A.A. tournament this week, the program\u2019s first appearance in the field in 33 years. But even they acknowledge that Sister Jean\u2019s presence and influence are undeniable.<\/p>\n She has her own plaque in the university\u2019s hall of fame. She has had her own\u00a0bobblehead night<\/a>. And inside the weight room at Loyola\u2019s athletic center, Sister Jean\u2019s words, \u201cWorship, work, win,\u201d are displayed prominently. But it is the words painted on another wall outside of Gentile Arena \u2014 a quote from St. Ignatius of Loyola \u2014 that may better point to the power of her personality:<\/p>\n Go forth and set the world on fire.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Read how she does that here.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n Check out this video produced for her 95th birthday:<\/p>\n\n