Catholic Online Dating Advice
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Could There Be More Than Just 5 Love Languages?
Sep 25 2018By Adrienne ThorneI was first introduced to the concept of “love languages” in late high school, and I’ve been secretly analyzing friends and family according to the five love languages. If you’re not familiar with the concept, the idea was first expre...
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Dating? Don’t be a Martha
Sep 23 2018By Laura CraverLike it or not, we live in a culture of convenience. Almost every daily task can be distilled into a simple motion, or programmed in a “set it and forget it” type of way. Even dating has boiled down to a swipe of the finger: left or right...
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8 Books on Joy Every Catholic Single Needs to Read
Sep 22 2018By Stephanie KlattIf you’re like me, you’re usually looking for something to add to your reading list that is inspirational. But I also look for encouragement in what I read. As Catholic singles, we have to become people of joy. That’s sometimes not...
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Dateworthy? “A Simple Favor”
Sep 21 2018By Carl KozlowskiIs “A Simple Favor” worth a weekend date night? NO. The film is an attempt at a Hitchcockian thriller by director Paul Feig (“Bridesmaids,” “Spy”). It follows a seemingly naïve woman trying to solve the disappearance of her myste...
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Catholic Online Dating Tips: How to Support the Newly Converted
Sep 20 2018By Laura CraverJoy, anxiety, curiosity, confusion. Joining the Church comes with a mix of emotions that can be just as overwhelming as it is exciting. Converts need an ally to help guide them through this process. While the catholic online world can provide a lot o...
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6 Online Dating Tips for Newly Converted Catholics
Sep 18 2018By Chloe LangrAre you new to the Catholic faith? Welcome home! Wanting to date and find a Catholic online? Here are some tips to get you started! In this article, we’ll be covering: 3 things to keep in mind if you’re wondering how to fill out your onli...
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Online Dating Burning You Out? 5 Things to Do Today
Sep 16 2018By Chloe LangrFor the past seven years, Match releases a survey, Singles in America, that shows the emotions and thoughts going through the minds of singles in the United States. Last year, the survey revealed that 54% of women currently feel exhausted by modern d...
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3 Ways to Keep God as the Number One Priority in Your Relationship
Sep 15 2018By Joshua ButekWe all acknowledge as Catholics that God is our Creator. He’s the most important figure in our lives—at least, theoretically. But in reality, we all have a hard time keeping God in the place of first importance. This is especially the case in...
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How to Tell People You Met on an Online Dating App
Sep 13 2018By Cassi VillanuevaOnce upon a time the only way to meet someone was over a beer at the bar, while out on an evening walk after dinner, or at a singles group in the basement of your Church. But times have changed! With the rise of technology and the increasing use of s...
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Not Your Grandma’s Dating Website: How to Find Lasting Love in the Modern World
Sep 11 2018By MarkDating in today’s world is way different than it was just 100 years ago. There are the obvious differences, such as online dating apps, online dating (like CatholicSingles), and speed dating lunch gatherings. So while the how of how we meet o...
The Catholic online dating world can be a wonderful place, but it can also leave you with a number of questions.
While you can be certain that people you meet will share your faith, what does that exactly mean?
How serious are they about their faith? Are they more traditionalist, or more progressive in their views? And, just like any other relationship, how do you navigate first date jitters, or whether you should go on a second date?
The CatholicSingles blog is a place for dating advice from Catholic writers who love their faith and draw on the church’s teachings and traditions to answer some of the biggest questions facing Catholic singles today in the online dating world.
Bringing Church Teachings to Catholic Online Dating
The church’s fundament views on love, dating, and marriage differ in a lot of ways than those of society in general. Most of us, however, were raised in a culture that has shaped our views on the ideas of what a relationship, what dating, and what marriage should be.
The CatholicSingles blog is written with the church’s views in mind. We draw heavily on the church’s teachings and viewpoints on love, marriage, relationships, and, most importantly, the nature of the person. Our hope is to provide insights into how a faithful Catholic can approach online dating in today’s world.
In many ways, online dating contradicts basic viewpoints of the church. While a lot of good, Catholic marriages have come from online dating sites, most services treat their members like products rather than persons who have dignity.
Our hope is to restore the dignity of the individual to online dating, both through our services and also through our blog.
Catholic Online Dating: Your Survival Guide
Dating can be part of God’s plan for you, but that doesn’t mean it will be easy.
If we look to secular dating advice, you will certainly run into ideas and suggestions that are difficult to merge with our Catholic values.
Within our faith, however, there isn’t always a lot of great advice either.
That’s why our blog offers tips and advice for people just like you.
Our hopes and goals are to offer a way forward through the online dating world to help you find fellowship and love in a way that is consistent with your values. We pull in a lot of secular dating advice and try to separate that which is compatible with our faith, that which is opposed, and that which we can still learn from, but change slightly to be more in line with our beliefs. We look at fun questions such as easy conversation starters and also tackle the hard questions such as dating for divorced Catholics.
In addition to helping you navigate the Catholic online dating environment, our hope is that our articles deepen your faith through prayer, service, and preparing yourself for the vocation that God has called you to.
It is our belief that the single life shouldn’t just be a season of waiting. It should be an enriching time of your life where you grow in love: love of God, love of other people, and love for yourself!
Advice Drawn from the Teachings of the Church
When we write a blog piece, we try to draw on the teachings of the church: teachings on what it means to be human, our purpose in life, and how the vocation of marriage should shape us to come closer to God.
Multiple surveys show that committed Catholic marriages are some of the happiest and most content marriages in society. We firmly believe this is because these couples have taken the time to learn and live out their marriage in a Catholic way.
While there is a lot of confusion (and misinformation) about what the church actually teaches, our hope is to help clarify some of the most common relationship questions we face on a daily basis.