Catholic Online Dating Advice
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6 Unique Ways to Meet like Minded People
Jul 30 2019By Cassi VillanuevaYou finally have this online dating thing down. You log into your dating apps with ease and navigate potential prospects like a pro. But one day you realize that as many people as you’re coming in contact with, not many of them have a lot in common...
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23 Quotes from the Saints to Help You Trust in God
Jul 29 2019By Adrienne ThorneIt’s no easy to thing to have perfect trust in God. Even when we know intellectually that he loves us and will provide for our needs, it can be hard to live like we truly believe he will take care of us. When we look to the saints, most of them pro...
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8 Romantic Ways to Surprise Your Long Distance Girlfriend
Jul 28 2019By Chloe LangrDon’t let the miles between you stop you from being romantic. Looking for inspiration? Here are eight romantic surprises for the woman in your life who you’re loving long distance! 1. Surprise her with flowers You don’t have to li...
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5 Truths About Hope from the Saints
Jul 27 2019By Erin MillerHope is a virtue that is so powerful and pure. But like love, hope has become warped into something much smaller. This fruit of the Spirit that has been gifted to us for life-changing prayer and encounters has become a synonym for “want”...
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Looking for a Holy Spouse? You Need to Meet Saints Joachim and Anne
Jul 26 2019By Adrienne ThorneWe know very little about Saints Joachim and Anne, except that legend names them as the parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The Catholic Church celebrates the feast of this holy married couple on July 26. The little we do know about them comes largel...
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5 Podcasts for the Catholic Single Man
Jul 25 2019By Chloe LangrDo you know that dumpy, lazy feeling you get from watching too many Netflix seasons? Tired of mindless channel surfing? Podcasts are a great way to learn, grow, and stay informed about literally any subject. Oh, and did we mention that they’r...
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Saint Bridget of Sweden: Intercessor for Second Chances and Failure
Jul 23 2019By Adrienne ThorneFor some time, the only way I knew Saint Bridget of Sweden was through her set of prayers found in the little blue Pieta Prayer Book. Bridget’s fifteen prayers in the beginning of this little booklet are prayers revealed by Christ to Bridget. He t...
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5 Things to Expect When Dating a Catholic Senior
Jul 21 2019By Cassi VillanuevaYoung love gets a lot of attention. But sometimes dating later in life can lead to the most rewarding relationships. Senior dating is a sweet spot. There’s something to be said for going on a date with someone when you know who you are in life and...
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Make ‘Em Laugh: How to Make a Fun and Funny Dating Profile
Jul 20 2019By Erin MillerYou should look at your online dating profile the way you look at your resume. It’s not about the skills that the job requires, it’s about the extra special things you bring to the table. What I mean by that is this: I’m a writer. If I ...
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Dateworthy? “The Lion King”
Jul 19 2019By Carl KozlowskiIs the new take on the classic Disney “The Lion King” worth a date night? YES! This stunning CGI reboot of the classic Disney hand-drawn cartoon is a wonder to behold. First, it’s an entertaining trip back to childhood memories of t...
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.