Principles
Lovania is founded upon three guiding principles:
- religio: the fraternity and all its members publicly adhere to the Roman Catholic faith
- scientia: the pursuit of an academic education of all of its members
- amicitia: a lifelong friendship between all the members of the fraternity as long as they live whilst demonstrating a strong esprit de corps
The members of Lovania do not practice academic fencing (Mensur) because it is forbidden by the Roman Catholic Church. Academic fencing is common with the more secular student fraternities that already existed in Germanic countries. Due to this restriction, Catholic students had to organize themselves in separate fraternities. Lovania only accepts men into the organization.
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