Project Gutenberg 2011-08-16 Public domain in the USA. 264 Schoffen, Elizabeth 1861 Lucretia, Sister 17010882 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 Produced by Chris Curnow, Katie Hernandez, Michael and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Demands of Rome" by Elizabeth Schoffen is a memoir written in the early 20th century. The work recounts the author's personal experience over thirty-one years as a Sister of Charity within the Roman Catholic Church. Through her narrative, Schoffen intends to expose the strict demands and oppressive conditions faced by women in convents, drawing attention to themes of religious bondage, obedience, and personal liberation. The beginning of the memoir sets a tone of urgency and deep personal reflection. Schoffen shares her determination to reveal the truth about life in a convent, which she likens to a prison shrouded in religious devotion. She describes her early life, shaped by a staunch Catholic upbringing, leading to her entrance into the Sisterhood. The initial chapters articulate her disillusionment with the oppressive hierarchy and rigid rules that governed her life, including her experiences during her novitiate, her struggles with ignorance, and the indoctrination that kept her and her peers in submission. It becomes clear that Schoffen aims to not only narrate her own story but also to awaken her readers to the broader implications of such religious institutions on individual freedom and societal values. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/37104/37104-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 64.6 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Monastic and religious life of women Ex-nuns -- United States -- Biography BX Text Category: Biographies Category: Religion/Spirituality 376729 2025-10-15T06:33:13.486530 text/html 375214 2011-08-16T15:00:02 text/html 1970915 2025-10-15T06:33:20.862491 application/epub+zip 1972251 2025-10-15T06:33:15.392549 application/epub+zip 198224 2025-10-15T06:33:13.892572 application/epub+zip 1349109 2025-10-15T06:33:24.439497 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1313642 2025-10-15T06:33:19.283527 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 286807 2022-09-17T05:08:00.534532 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 341656 2025-10-15T06:33:12.976575 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 341660 2011-08-16T15:00:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18512 2025-10-15T06:33:24.574477 application/rdf+xml 14623 2025-10-15T06:33:13.980548 image/jpeg 2443 2025-10-15T06:33:13.935538 image/jpeg 2034063 2011-08-16T15:00:04 application/octet-stream application/zip 123642 2011-08-16T15:00:04 application/octet-stream application/zip 2034198 2025-10-15T06:33:13.556588 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog