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Originally Posted by MysticCat
FWIW, I've only heard people in NPC orgs refer to membership selection as "ritual." We'd call it confidential or private, but we wouldn't call it "ritual."
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I would say that membership selection is held to the same standards of secrecy as ritual. As with ritual, only sisters can participate, and nothing leaves the room.
To the OP, ritual would be any formal ceremony where members are given secret information about the GLO they have joined. For NPC sororities, it can include new member ceremonies, initiation, ceremonies marking the passage from active collegian to alumna, procedures for opening/closing meetings and for admission to chapter meetings if you're late, etc. In most cases, what happens during these ceremonies, and the information imparted to the new members, stays within the sisterhood.