DEDICATION
ELIZABETH SCHOFFEN (SISTER LUCRETIA)
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
PREFACE.
CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
THE DEMANDS OF ROME
CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY
CHAPTER II. My Early Life and Schooling
CHAPTER III. My Novitiate Life
CHAPTER IV. A Virgin Spouse of Christ
CHAPTER V. My Begging Expedition.
CHAPTER VI. How I Educated Myself.
CHAPTER VII. Sacrament of Penance Mass and Communion Extreme Unction Indulgences Annual Retreat.
CHAPTER VIII. My Trip to the General Mother House.
CHAPTER IX. I Receive My Diploma for Nursing from St. Vincent's Hospital Trouble Among the Sisters.
CHAPTER X. My Removal from St. Vincent's Hospital.
CHAPTER XI. Two Interesting Letters from Sisters My Letters for Redress to Archbishop Christie.
CHAPTER XII My Emancipation.
CHAPTER XIII. I Quit the Roman Catholic Church.
CHAPTER XIV. Form for Dispensation of the "Holy" Vows My Suit
CHAPTER XV. My Recommendation From the Doctors of Portland The
CHAPTER XVI. My "Advertisement" in the Catholic Sentinel.
CHAPTER XVII. The Care of Old Sisters by the Roman Catholic System.
CHAPTER XVIII. Conclusion.
APPENDIX.
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Elizabeth Schoffen as Sister Lucretia
Elizabeth Schoffen, Lecturer and Author
