Sister Marion Irvine, Bay Area educator and activist known as ‘the Running Nun,’ dies at 95
- Posted on September 25, 2025
- By San Francisco Chronicle
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Sister Marion Irvine, Bay Area educator and activist known as ‘the Running Nun,’ dies at 95
Sister Marion Irvine, the “Running Nun” who in her 40s transformed from a chain-smoking Bay Area school principal into a world-record marathoner and social justice advocate, has died at 95.
