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Originally posted by AEPhiSierra
I get the impression that while Theta Phi Alpha has Roman Catholic roots they have really moved away from them (not saying this is a good or bad thing, just saying.) I have never really heard references to them embracing their Catholic roots the same way, say AEPhi or SDT does their Jewish roots.
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This is interesting, too, because the NPCs with historical ties to a specific religion are some of the smaller GLOs we are discussing. At Illinois, we had 3 "Jewish" sororities - DPhiE, SDT, and AEPhi. Now, Illinois has a fairly large Jewish student population (considering it is in the midwest in a rural area) and that is largely because the Chicago area has a substantial Jewish population. When I was there, SDT was very well established and my perception was that it was kind of the top Jewish house. DPhiE was also considered a Jewish sorority, and they ended up closing. AEPhi seemed to move away from labeling itself as a Jewish sorority on campus, and their numbers really went up. It seemed that 1 Jewish sorority on campus could do really well, but 3 was just too many, even with a good-sized Jewish student population. The inevitable happened in that 1 closed and 1 ceased to be "Jewish."
In some ways, I think it is sad what happened, because I think it would be cool to have the bond of religion with your sisters, or at least many of them. I think maybe part of the heritage of AEPhi was lost when it went "secular" for lack of a better word. On the other hand, maybe it was a sacrifice for the greater good.
I am Catholic, and part of me is with Honeychile that it would be great for TPA to really get a stronghold at Catholic schools since that is their heritage. It is sort of sad that they are moving away from that, but maybe like AEPhi at Illinois, it is what they had to do to survive.