CatholicMatch.com
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Summary overview for CatholicMatch.com:
Catholic Match is a serious Catholic dating website, dedicated to Catholic singles who want to discuss areas of Catholic life while searching for their soulmate - their headline is: Grow in faith, fall in love. The fantastic community feel created by the magazine, chat and forums gives real depth to your experience on Catholic Match - there is a real opportunity to meet like-minded Catholics from around the world and share your views on religion and life and generally make friends, as well as the chance to meet the Catholic soulmate of your dreams. The patron saint of the site is St. Raphael the Archangel, patron saint to Catholic singles and happy meetings. The fact that the forum sections are named after saints also promotes the Catholic faith - so you can feel safe in the knowledge that Catholic Match is a genuine, devout website with your best interests at heart.
Catholic Match attempts to ensure that all its members are sincere and committed Catholics by giving specific questions in the profile, such as whether or not you agree with various important teachings of the church, such as abortion, contraception, and the Holy Eucharist. However, members can still join if they disagree with any of these teachings - so if you're looking for someone who agrees with you on these crucial issues, make sure to check their profile thoroughly.
CatholicMatch.com Features:
- Upload photos
- Extensive profile options makes it easy to get a good idea of someone's personality before you initiate any contact with them - although you do have to fill out all of it in the initial signing up form, rather than leaving it blank and coming back to it later. You can, however, edit your answers at any point in your membership.
- Extensive profile section about your faith, including your right, diocese, and a series of faith questions, such as how regularly you attend church, and which of some of the common teachings of the church you accept
Automatic suggested matches based on your profile answers - Favorites list
- Catholic Match mailbox system - similar to a simple online email account
- Instant messaging
- Chat room
- Send emotigrams to let others know what mood you're in
- Encounters section - keep track of people who've viewed your profile and profiles you've viewed, people you've chatted with, people who you've exchanged emotigrams with, and people who you've exchanged messages with.
- Events section - known casually as "CM Get Togethers" - increasingly popular chances to get to meet some of your fellow Christian singles from Catholic Match and bring your friends! Seems to be focussed mainly on events in the USA, however.
- Message boards with extensive range of sections, all affectionately named after saints! Topics range from Catholic culture and marriage issues to humor and pop culture.
- Hot topics list - see which discussions are most popular in the message boards
- Magazine with articles by staff and members, covering loads of issues from love and communication, Catholic Match success stories, and modesty in the 20th/21st century to the sacrament of marriage and saints' lives.
- Free temperament test based on Hippocrates' studies.
- View new members and birthdays
- FAQ and Help sections
Performing a Search:
You can do a quick search, which uses the following parameters:
- Member ID number (if you know exactly who you're looking for)
- Gender
- Age range
- Location
- How many of the church teachings they accept (this is an unusual feature, unique to Catholic Match - great if you're looking for someone on the same religious wavelength as you!)
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