CatholicMingle.com
CatholicMingle.com is a site meant exclusively for Catholics to meet online. Despite ever changing times, the issue of interfaith marriages has always remained the same, if your future spouse isn’t Catholic than he/she would need to convert to Catholicism if you want a church wedding. Wouldn’t it be easier to just meet people with the same religious beliefs and traditions? It’s as good a premise as any for finding someone with like values and spiritual experiences resembling your own. I must emphasize that unlike some sites that are similarly targeted to one group of interest more than another, this site does not have options for non-believers to indicate that they’re aren’t Catholic. Here, you can only be Catholic who is unsure of the future direction their devotion is taking.
The profile process is quick and easy. No one is “forced” to provide too many details. You always have the option of filling out extra questionnaires providing more illuminating information, but they are 100% optional. You can also participate in a personality test that will colour code your description to aid in finding a more compatible match based upon more than arbitrary physical attributes or interests. Respecting the church’s ideology you can only be looking to meet someone of the opposite sex. The overall tone of the experience is conservatively safe and secure. Many of the members appear to be marriage-minded and generally people are looking for more meaningful connections.
Always free on this company’s network of sites, you can send a smile or an e-card to show your interest in someone’s profile. Beyond those basic ways of getting in touch with someone, you’re going to need to sign up for a premium membership. Once you’ve upgraded you can send/receive e-mail, participate in a live chat or go one-on-one with someone special using instant messaging. It’s also free to read the message boards, but of you want to post any of your own thoughts you’re going to need to pay for your subscription first.
There is another compatibility feature separate from the personality testing. It’s called “Ideal Match” and consists of filling out a list of criteria for what you’re looking for in a potential mate. Besides simply selecting characteristics of your perfect person, you rate the relative value of each chosen detail on an overall scale of importance to make your matches description that much more personalized and precise. Once you’re done explaining what you need and want in a match, the system will go through the database and e-mail you profiles that correspond with the information you provided.
It is not obvious as near as I can tell, how many members actually belong to Catholic Mingle. It costs just under $20 US to become a member and definitely provides a super safe and clean online experience. Since before committing you can always look at the profiles online, I suggest doing a localized search to find out if there are members of interest in your area. The site loses points on it members’ stats (6/10) since every search returns a maximum of 1000 members making it impossible to even estimate true membership levels.
Visit Catholic Mingle if being Catholic is important to you or if you simply want to meet good people with traditional values.