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Originally posted by Wolfman
Thanks! As my chapter chaplain, I was privileged to lead the Formal Annual Memorial Service on Sunday. It was an occasion truly blessed by God, and appreciated by all who attended. It was emotionally touching that two Omega men gave testimonial remarks for their deceased fathers,who were Omega men; a godson, who is an Omega man, gave reminiscences for his Omega godfather; and a 70-year Omega man gave remarks for his colleague, our chapter brother, whom he knew for many decades. And the sermonette by a chapter brother minister about God's grace and mercy tied it all together. Then the formal memorial ceremony was carried out in majoestic fashion,culminating in a collect (prayer) from our Ritual and the singing of our beutiful hymn, "Omega Dear." It was a blessed day!
A funny note: A guest of one of the families of a deceaced brother we were honoring remarked how the Omegas know how to put on a excellent programs, even though her husband is an Alpha.
Be bleesed, my Greek brother!
P.S. In Arnold Ramparsad's multi-volume biography of Langston Hughes he makes reference to a letter that Countee Cullen writes Hughes while he was at Lincoln Univ. When Hughes tells his friend that he is going to pledge Omega, Cullen (an Alpha man as you know) writes to to dissuade him from this choice.
And Sterling Brown, another luminary of the Harlem Renaissance, was Vice-Grand Basileus (national vice president) of Omega. In his autobiography he writes of his experience of being hazed as an almost necessary humiliation for him and his ego arising from his intellectual pedigree during his undergraduate days.
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I really enjoyed this post. Thanks for sharing.
Rudey, I know you said "fraternities" but DST also has chaplains, chapter wise, regionally, and nationally.