Loyola will hold a public wake, funeral service and celebration for Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt on Wednesday and Thursday.

The university announced Monday that Sister Jean, Loyola’s beloved nun who died Thursday at 106 , had requested that her services be open to the public.

A wake service will be held at 5 p.m. Wednesday at Loyola’s Madonna della Strada Chapel on the Lake Shore Campus, followed by public visitation from 5:30-10 p.m. A funeral mass will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday in the Madonna della Strada Chapel, with overflow space in Rooney Hall and Mundelein Center.

Both services will be livestreamed at LUC.edu/sisterjean .

A community reception to celebrate Sister Jean at Loyola’s Damen Student Center will follow the funeral, starting at 11:30 a.m. Thursday.

The burial will

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