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100 1 _aSchoffen, Elizabeth,
_d1861-
245 1 4 _aThe Demands of Rome :
_bHer 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
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2011
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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500 _aRelease date is 2011-08-16
508 _aProduced by Chris Curnow, Katie Hernandez, Michael and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
520 _a"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.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aMonastic and religious life of women
653 _aEx-nuns -- United States -- Biography
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/37104
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