[DubaiSis]

I'll go ahead and guess that all but 2 of the sororities have some religious reference in their ceremonies. There are 2 that are nonsectarian so they would be the only ones you could presume offer no references whatsoever. And based on various coats of arms and general history, I assume some have a stronger religious undertone to their ceremonies than others. None restrict membership based on faith, so if it makes it easier to digest, go ahead and consider it historically relevant. I believe the standard protocol is to stand quietly while any statements of faith are made, but I'd confirm that with your new member educator, president, ritual chair or someone like that.

I know that the religious elements of my ritual came as a pretty big surprise and as people become more polarized about religious issues, I think this is something the sororities may have to address. Unfortunately, this isn't something that can be addressed in an open forum since it is first and foremost a ritual issue, which is of course secret.