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Wake Up With Purpose!
A review of

Wake Up With Purpose!

What I’ve Learned in My First Hundred Years

Sister Jean Schmidt and Seth Davis • Harper Select • 2023

Sister Jean Rules the Court

by David Meyer

Sister Mary Jean Dolores Smith – better known as Sister Jean – details her (as of now) 104 years-long life of Catholic devotion and service and her love of basketball.

Witty, wise and 104 years old, Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt (writing with Seth Davis) describes her exceptionally long life of devotion and service, including her charitable work, college basketball coaching and media stardom, all marked by personal discipline and profound belief.

Prayer and Basketball

At 5:00 am daily, Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, a member of the order of the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, arises, starts her day with a prayer, gets dressed and places herself in her wheelchair – which she uses because she broke her hip, not because of her age – and meditates for 30 minutes.

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