Now there are only about 330 of the nuns, including Sister Jean on the Loyola campus and the roughly 180 retirees living here. And everybody knows — and loves — Sister Jean. “The feeling always was, ‘We’d rather be dead than coed.’”There’s no evidence that the history has cut into the sisters’ support for Loyola basketball. “I wouldn’t feel too bad if I saw a woman coaching a man’s team,” Sister Margaret said, “but I haven’t seen that yet. After that, so much for her loyalty to Sister Jean.

Source: New York Times March 22, 2018 18:00 UTC