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

CONTENTS

Chapter.		Page
I.	Introductory	11
II.	My Early Life and Schooling	17
III.	My Novitiate Life	23
IV.	A Virgin Spouse of Christ—My First Mission	37
V.	My Begging Expedition—St. Vincent's Hospital—Routine of a Sister	47
VI.	How I Educated Myself—I Become Superintendent of the Third Floor at St. Vincent's	61
VII.	Sacrament of Penance—Mass and Communion—Extreme Unction—Indulgences—Annual Retreat	72
VIII.	My Trip to the General Mother House	85
IX.	I Receive My Diploma for Nursing from St. Vincent's Hospital—Trouble Among the Sisters	103
X.	My Removal from St. Vincent's Hospital	122
XI.	Two Interesting Letters from Sisters—My Letters for Redress to Archbishop Christie	130
XII.	My Emancipation	144
XIII.	I Quit the Roman Catholic Church	155
XIV.	Form for Dispensation of the "Holy" Vows—My Suit and Settlement With the Sisters of Charity	165
XV.	My Recommendation from the Doctors of Portland—The Good Samaritan—I Affiliate With a Protestant Church—My New Work	181
XVI.	My "Advertisement" in the Catholic Sentinel	191
XVII.	The Care of Old Sisters by the Roman Catholic System	199
XVIII.	Conclusion	205
	Appendix	217

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