Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • NPR

    Sister Jean, Breakout March Madness Star, Celebrated By Her Fellow Nuns

    "There's our girl!" says Sister Peggy Geraghty as the camera pans to Sister Jean Dolores-Schmidt, the 98-year-old Loyola-Chicago men's basketball team chaplain.
    by Maggie Hendricks Mar 26, 2018 3 minutes
    Sisters Pat Geraghty, Mary Fran McLaughlin and Diane O'Donnell with a Sister Jean bobblehead.

    This story comes from Religion News Service. A version originally appeared in USA Today.

    "OK, this is it, girls."

    With 41 seconds left in Loyola-Chicago's Sweet 16 game with Nevada, Sister Mary Fran McLaughlin points out just how close the game is — just like Loyola's two previous games in this unexpected NCAA Tournament run.

    She and two other retired Sisters of the Charity of Blessed Virgin Mary are focused on the flat screen television in their apartment on the northwest side of Chicago, about nine

    You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

    More from NPR

    NPR2 min read
    Mystik Dan Wins The Kentucky Derby By A Nose
    In a close finish, Mystik Dan won the Kentucky Derby by a horse's nostril over Sierra Leone. Contenders waited with bated breath in the seconds before the official decision was made. The thoroughbred had entered the race with 18-1 odds — a longshot c
    NPR4 min read
    'Zillow Gone Wild' Brings Wacky Real Estate Listings To HGTV
    Zillow Gone Wild started in 2020 as an Instagram account devoted to eccentric property listings. The show focuses on homes that defy everyday expectations in some way.
    NPR4 min read
    Cicadas Are Back On The Menu. One Chef Shares His Dish Ideas — And An Easy Recipe
    The cicadas are coming! And so are some new flavor profiles. This spring, the bugs of two broods, the 13-year Brood XIX and the 17-year Brood XIII, will crawl from the ground simultaneously across the eastern and southern parts of the United States.

    Related Books & Audiobooks