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Considering Trying a Dating Site to Find your Soulmate in Faith – CatholicSingles.com?

Inner Beauty and Outward Beliefs; Finding Love on Catholic Singles

The average dating site today throws everyone in a pot together and either lets them work it out for themselves, or employs a matching algorithm with varying levels of success… CatholicSingles.com, by comparison is a dating site with a difference. This is a site which aims to bring together people who already have one huge thing in common: religion! It claims to focus not on looks but on what’s on the inside: what people believe, how they live, and their family backgrounds are given priority here. They look to connect religious people with others who follow, or at least accept, their way of thinking… but you don’t have to be Catholic to sign up!

So, how does CatholicSingles.com work then? How do they make sure that the people that join up are serious? And, furthermore, how do they balance traditional religion with modern, online dating?

Despite allowing non-Catholics to sign up for it, CatholicSingles.com definitely has more to offer to people of the Catholic faith or at least to those who, for whatever reason, want to date someone of the Catholic faith in their local area. Atheists and those who come from religious background incompatible with or intolerant to Catholicism will probably find little of interest here for them. Likewise, people who are seeking non-serious relationships, or casual “arrangements” are probably not going to find what they want here. That’s pretty much a given, however; this site is exactly as advertised.

Pros of CatholicSingles.com

The pros of attached to CatholicSingles.com, however, are pretty considerable if you’re seeking a religion-based connection with someone. Its dynamic is pretty in-keeping with the ideals that come with faith; you’re encouraged to consider what kind of person a potential match is, as opposed to how they look. Faith takes front and center, and many of the questions are designed to weed out people who might, for whatever reason, pretend to be Catholic and seek dates in a dishonest way. The paid plans are affordable, and searching profiles is both easy and precise. In fact, everything about this dating site seems pretty well geared towards finding Catholic singles a meaningful connection and the social media layout makes it easy to navigate and understand. Plus you can block users that get weird, which is a nice feature.

Cons of CatholicSingles.com

On the flip side, however, the huge number of questions, about me sections, and miniature essays can make reading the profile of a particularly eager potential paramour a slog. There is no “bite-size” information of interest here; other than the basics, age, gender, etc., everything comes pretty much in paragraph form. The “dashboard” area, too, is a little too Twitter reminiscent so it can be pretty distracting. These are small drawbacks, however, when you think about what the site does right!

REGISTRATION PROCESS

The registration process is easy, but a little lengthier than some others. True to their word, however, CatholicSingles.com focuses on lifestyle and personality-based questions. They want to know how often you attend church, what your family background is, if you smoke or drink, and whether you class yourself as introverted or extroverted. They also let you set your hair color, eye-color, body-type, and state whether you think of yourself as attractive, average, or “beautiful inside and out”. The idea here is to, yes, find someone you like to look at, but to ensure that they also nourish you mentally, emotionally, and spiritually (and, of course, that you can do the same for them!).

CREATION OF A PROFILE

Once you have taken the time to register and you have answered the basic profile questions you can start to search profiles, send EOIs, and take questionnaires designed to connect you with members that are similar to you. You can also search manually and filter by an astounding number of factors from age and looks to politics and distance, but the clean, modern layout of the site makes it easy to use. With the statement and mission of CatholicSingles.com, however, and the type of people that they attract, it really is better to take the time to fill out your “About Me” sections and maybe even a few of the miniature “essay” sections that they offer (yes, you are encouraged to write a short essay or two).

PRICING PLANS

Like many dating sites these days they offer a free, limited, membership option, but require you to pay a fee in order to access the full features of the site. You can pay quarterly, bi-annually, or monthly at a rate of $17, $12, and $25 per month respectively. So, it’s not the most expensive site out there, but the need for financial commitment does weed out most of the jokers.

HOW TO DELETE AN ACCOUNT

Canceling your CatholicSingles.com account is, in theory, very easy but I did have to run around the site for 5 – 10 minutes looking for the appropriate section and buttons. Once I found what I was looking for, however, it was as simple as clicking “cancel immediately”. What was really nice, however, was that they offer a hiatus option so if you meet someone that you think might have potential you can suspend your account to give them your full attention and cancel it later if you want. And, of course, if it doesn’t work out you can unsuspend your account and forego repeating the registration process.

CONCLUSION

It probably won’t shock you that I conclude this review by saying that the people who can really benefit from CatholicSingles.com are… well, Catholics singles. All in all, however, it’s a stylish, accessible, and welcoming site that gives every indication of genuinely believing its own mission statement. The people, by and large, are friendly, Christian people who want a real relationship and are willing to work for it. Which, let’s be honest, in today’s world of “fast-food” dating and meetups, is quite refreshing.

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