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I believe there are only two or three schools left that still have the a-bid-for-every-girl-who-goes-through-rush rule.

From the other thread -- it sounded like only the sororities, and not the fraternities, had this rule. Does anybody know why it would apply to one and not the other?

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Originally posted by sugar and spice
I believe there are only two or three schools left that still have the a-bid-for-every-girl-who-goes-through-rush rule.

From the other thread -- it sounded like only the sororities, and not the fraternities, had this rule. Does anybody know why it would apply to one and not the other?

Probably because Catholics are never going to recognize that women are equal. :rolleyes: Seriously, that's a good question, because it seems like in a lot of places fraternities get to run rampant compared to sororities.

wow
this threads been running a long time, I was amazed to see it at the top of the posting chain again. I go to church with a lot of my fraternity brothers and a bunch of us had encouraged each other to give up things for lent. Helpin' each other be better Catholics I guess.

That part about Pope John Paul becoming an honorary brother of Phi Kappa Theta really interesting.

Learn something new every day

I wish there were more Catholics in my chapter - we live adjacent to a church and yet I still don't go to Mass. I am going to make a conscious effort once we get back to school though. Hopefully I will be at Marquette next year and have lots of friends to go to Mass with. :)

I was actually surprised at how many other catholics are in my chapter (and in the other organizations at my school). Not because of the whole Greek/Catholic thing, but because we're in the south, and of over 100 churches in this city, there are only 3 Catholic churches...

a little more kindling to the fire. i actually know a priest in the franciscan order and a seminarian who are tekes. go figure.

Re: Re: Topic two of this two topic thread - GLO like groups in Britain

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Originally posted by decadence

Well yep :D me. I'm trying to start a chapter as some as you may know from recent postings (somewhat slow progress:( ) What I didn't generally mention, though one or two of you know, is that this interest group is based at my university which is in the Midlands in England; I've spoken to one fraternity who have said they are interested i.e. would allow me to petition them (Phi Alpha Delta). I was really interested by your post as I hadn't heard about those other groups and just how widespread and ritualistic the dining groups were, gives me hope that the renewed hope my group is viable as I sometimes think about justamom's comment "I'm wondering if it may be a situation where the environment may NEVER allow a Greek system to flourish-Like trying to grow an African Violet in Alaska-it's just the wrong climate." - which was albeit made about a totally different topic. I'm surprised about the existence of dining clubs at Bristol too, as I know someone had at one point looked into starting a GLO there. :)

Richard

I'm also very interested in attempts to start GLO's in Europe. They're full of secret societies such as the masons, and GLO's used this as their model, so I'd assume it would really be nothing too new to them.

I Wish you the best of luck in starting this chapter. I always hear how hard it is to do, but I also hear how rewarding it is.

The reasons many have not expanded to Europe (pure speculation) are probably not because there's no interest.

I'd be willing to bet that there are legal reasons, conversion of currency type factors, etc. Also distance and travel for IHQ consultants (although going to Europe has been cheaper than travelling in the US lately).

I go to a Catholic University and we have Fraternities and sororities on our campus. So I don't think it is unCatholic or my university would not have them. I think we even have a Father as the advisor for Sigma Chi.