The Demands of Rome

About this eBook

Author

Schoffen, Elizabeth, 1861-

Title

The Demands of Rome Her Own Story of Thirty-One Years as a Sister of Charity in the Order of the Sisters of Charity of Providence of the Roman Catholic Church

Credits

Produced by Chris Curnow, Katie Hernandez, Michael and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

BX: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Christianity: Churches, Church movements

Subject

Ex-nuns -- United States -- Biography

Category

Text

eBook-No.

37104

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/37104

Release Date

August 16, 2011

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE DEMANDS OF ROME
2. 2.DEDICATION — "The Demands of Rome"
3. 3.ELIZABETH SCHOFFEN (SISTER LUCRETIA)
4. 4.the Roman Catholic Church
5. 5.PREFACE.
6. 6.CONTENTS
7. 7.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
8. 8.THE DEMANDS OF ROME
9. 9.CHAPTER I. — INTRODUCTORY
10. 10.CHAPTER II. — My Early Life and Schooling
11. 11.CHAPTER III. — My Novitiate Life
12. 12.CHAPTER IV. — A Virgin Spouse of Christ
13. 13.CHAPTER V. — My Begging Expedition.
14. 14.CHAPTER VI. — How I Educated Myself.
15. 15.CHAPTER VII. — Sacrament of Penance—Mass and Communion—Extreme Unction—Indulgences—Annual Retreat.
16. 16.CHAPTER VIII. — My Trip to the General Mother House.
17. 17.CHAPTER IX. — I Receive My Diploma for Nursing from St. Vincent's Hospital—Trouble Among the Sisters.
18. 18.CHAPTER X. — My Removal from St. Vincent's Hospital.
19. 19.CHAPTER XI. — Two Interesting Letters from Sisters—My Letters for Redress to Archbishop Christie.
20. 20.CHAPTER XII — My Emancipation.
21. 21.CHAPTER XIII. — I Quit the Roman Catholic Church.
22. 22.CHAPTER XIV. — Form for Dispensation of the "Holy" Vows—My Suit and Settlement With the Sisters of Charity.
23. 23.CHAPTER XV. — My Recommendation From the Doctors of Portland—The Good Samaritan—I Affiliate With a Protestant Church—My New Work.
24. 24.CHAPTER XVI. — My "Advertisement" in the Catholic Sentinel.
25. 25.CHAPTER XVII. — The Care of Old Sisters by the Roman Catholic System.
26. 26.CHAPTER XVIII. — Conclusion.
27. 27.APPENDIX.

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