Catholic Match Review
Catholic Match is a serious Catholic site dedicated to people who want to discuss religious vocation or topics related to it. Since 1998 this Catholic website has been up and running. Despite the fact that matchmaking is not the companies main focus, Catholic Match is one of the largest Christian dating websites online.
Catholic Match is a serious Catholic site dedicated to people who want to discuss religious vocation or topics related to it. The website was established in 1998 and it claims that its primarily goal is not to do matchmaking. Catholic Match is set up for single Catholics to be able to meet each other and help each other concerning their religious lives. However, currently, users can search the site for friends, partners, or chat partners on vocations, which they also now support.
People of all types of religious backgrounds are free to join, as long as they are open to conversion. However, the site does not encourage marriage between Catholic and non-Catholic. The web site is also dedicated to Saint Raphael, who is the patron saint of single people.
Catholic Match's online Catholic website also promotes Catholicism through Bible quotes and forums named after saints, which contains Catholic teachings on marriage and other topics such as abortion and contraception. Moreover, a Catholic magazine is also accessible in the site, plus a free test of a person’s temperament, which is based on Hippocrates’ studies.
In addition, Catholic Match members can also check the site for events schedule such as Bible study, conference, rosary group, movie night, or even dance parties.
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32 User Reviews And Comments
#1 CatholicMatch is the perfect
Arthur on 12/31/2006
CatholicMatch is the perfect environment for a catholic man such as myself to find a good honest catholic girl to start a family with. Catholic values are very important to the site and the members.
#2 Excellent site -- WAY better
Brad on 04/22/2007
Excellent site -- WAY better than Catholic Mingle or Catholic Singles.
#3 Excellent, fun, match-making,
John on 04/26/2007
Excellent, fun, match-making, meet people online.
#4 Not a very good site. They
Anonymous on 12/19/2007
Not a very good site. They are very concerned about making money and some of the "staff writers" put out some of the most vile liberal diatribe I've ever scene. If you are serious about faith, stay away. Don't let the wolves in sheep's clothing fool you.
#5 Better than eHarmony
Anonymous on 07/29/2010
Haven't been there long but can already tell from the type of questions that they ask more pointed personality questions (instead of picking from some pre-written list) than eHarmony. Of course, with Catholic Match you expect to meet singles who are (or at least claim to be) Catholic -- although the number of "cafeteria Catholics" (the ones who don't accept all 7 of 7 foundational beliefs of the Church) is a little surprising, and sad.
#6 I’ve recently graduated from CM because I found the most
Jim on 04/07/2010
I’ve recently graduated from CM because I found the most beautiful girl. While I was there I learned a great deal in the forums and made numerous friends for life. It was fun, wholesome, worthwhile and ultimately successful. There are technical glitches from time to time but they seem to want to keep it running well. I’ve noticed that liberals don’t enjoy the atmosphere but regular sort of Catholics are very comfortable and enjoy themselves. Read or contribute to the forums!
#7 Well,
Tim on 06/09/2010
Well, Jim, you are one of the lucky ones then. Let’s see, first problem with CM is there is no way to block someone. In fact, if you are not a paying member, you cannot even respond to state you are not interested. If you contact CM, however, CM will block the person for you. I had to do this. Second problem, people do not respond if they are not interested – I think a little common courtesy and asking yourself “what would Christ want you to do?” or “how would you like to be treated?” would lead any good Catholic, or any Christian, or anyone for that matter, to courteously respond that he or she is not interested – perhaps part of the problem, however, is that CM does not allow non-paying members to respond to let someone know that he/she is not interested. Third, the whole asking about how much of the Catholic Church’s teaching you accept is disturbing – as one would think that if you do not accept the Catholic Church’s teaching, and hence are “protesting against it,” you should leave the Catholich Church and become Protestant.
#8 inactive(
Jim on 06/21/2010
inactive(nonpaying)members not allowed to use most features anymore. Can’t tell who sent messages to you or who has looked at your profile,but they use your profile to get others to sign up.
#9 el enamorado
Anonymous on 08/19/2010
hola soy gilbert me gustaria encontrar una mujer honesta para casarme
#10 Contact problems
Anonymous on 10/22/2010
I became interested in subscribing when i found a message to meet a member who appeared to be a possible match. I replied to his request after paying for membership but found no way of knowing whether or not he received my reply. Nor have I heard from him . Is there no direct way of talking with the leadership?
#11 *If you are Catholic and determined to try a match site,
Former member (male) on 10/23/2010
*If you are Catholic and determined to try a match site, then I would recommend this one.
*To the reviewers complaining about limited functionality as a free member... you get what you pay for. The site wouldn't exist if they gave their services away. Splurge $25 for a 1-month subscription, or look for discounts where you can get 6 months on this site for $50. If $8.33/month is too much, you should have higher priorities than looking for a "match".
*Understand that people have very different ideas of what it means to be a "practicing Catholic" in the world, and this site reflects that. You are warned.
*Online singles sites mirror real-world singles places/events, in that they generally fall under two different tents.... on one hand, you have sleazy meat markets, and at the other end, you have collections of basically decent, well-meaning people who, unfortunately, are single for obvious reasons. This site falls under the latter grouping, although there were some great people on here.
*The drawback of online match sites is that you meet people via "profiles" that they have complete control over. Put simply, online matching, by its nature, attracts many people with something to hide, whether its physical appearance flaws, poor social skills, life baggage issues, whatever. People can generate versions of themselves that simply do not jibe with reality, and that definitely happens on this site. Consequently, don't be surprised if you find yourself dealing with people who apparently do not want to be anything more than pen pals, with you or anyone else.... anything more involves a personal meeting, and at that point, reality asserts itself.
*For my part, I deal with people in the real world. Meeting someone in person for 2 minutes beats the hell out of all the online chat, emails and phone calls in the world. If you are Catholic, take the time to find a good parish or Catholic group, or even network through Catholic friends, and go knock 'em dead!
#12 It's okay...
Anonymous on 01/12/2011
I found this site a little bit annoying because they don't have a trial period or anything. If you aren't a paying member, there is basically no point in you being there. I didn't want to invest 25$ into it as i am a student who doesn't make very much money and i have university to pay for. It was hard to tell if i wanted to actually subscribe because without first paying i couldn't do anything! It would be awesome if they could maybe give us a week so that if we find the site useful we could then pay for it. Also, when someone tries to chat with you you can't chat back and so the person on the other end would assume you are just rejecting them. Which i felt a little bad about, catholic guilt and all haha!
However, there are a lot of forums and chat rooms on the site with some good information.
#13 Catholic's?
Anonymous on 03/07/2011
I will say there are alot of Catholics on this site... I just find in general There are many "devout Catholics" Many of the catholics on this site give a big speech about loving God and Faith, but many many many of them are shallow, selfish, hypocrites.
You could meet a loving catholic woman.... who parties like crazy, no self respect, no "values". The values most people put here are false and mostly lies.
Another thing I dont understand is that you meet many people on here who say "In a relationship", and how they found Their Life Mate thanks to God....But there still on the site meeting new people...?? Ummm what? Doesn't this person have enough friends? arent your friends good enough too? I just find it strange how you can say you met the love of your life and still be on the site "Searching"? Usually if you have found a committed loving relationship you stop searching? I find most people on this site.... After all this is a "dating site for catholics"
This site is a dating site yes, And if thats all your looking for, its just that, same as any other....If you looking for "Catholic Dating" And trying to find someone devout who shares "REAL" religious beliefs...please look elsewhere. There is no difference between the qaulity of people on this site. I came here looking for Ideals and morals, and from what I've Met....Near impossible to find.
#14 Catholic Match
Anonymous on 03/10/2011
Warning!!!! Don't waste your money. They'll take it and then find a reason to kick you off!
#15 Note on "limited functionality"
Anonymous on 03/16/2011
Note that the complain isn;t that one has limited access if one is a free user... the complaint is that a **paid** user can't tell if the person s/he is trying to contact is a paid or free user. Since the free user has **very** limited capability to contact others, this is a liability
#16 Suspicious of Catholic Match
Chris on 03/20/2011
I signed up knowing there are not a lot of Catholics in my area. There were even less on CM than I expected.
I had a handful of matches before I signed up, nearly none during my six month membership, then 10 the day after my subscription expired. That's what I'm suspicious of.
I don't recommend this site. I live in the 33rd largest city in America. When I do a search within +/-10 years of my age there are four matches.
#17 Horrible site
Anonymous on 03/25/2011
Don't waste your money. The forums are filled with a lot of hate filled people. Administration will let people gang up on others. Lots of Cafeteria Catholics. There are some good, orthodox members, but lots of rude, hateful people.
#18 Don't trust CM with too much money
Paul on 04/07/2011
The features are nice and the vast majority of the *users* of the site are wonderful people. I was a user of their site for years, and met quite a few great Catholics. Sadly, as the site has become more popular, the owners have lost touch with their user base.... or simply doesn't give a damn.
The big problem with the site is the capricious way that the admins enforce the terms of service. If you post something to the forums or your profile that they decide to deem "objectionable"... you're out, with no refund. The basis of their judgment is very typically arbitrary.... there are almost always examples of much "worse" that one can point to.
My advice would be to pay for 30 days, use the site heavily... make some friends and connect to them on *facebook* or some other free social networking site. A great user community has found it's way onto CM in *spite* of the current attitude of the owners of the business.
#19 My Expereince
Anonymous on 04/24/2011
Why this site is illegitimate. Catholic Match employees or administrators strike up chats with you to get you stay on. Appalling, I know, but it's about the money....it's a buisness
#20 No contact info?
Anonymous on 07/02/2011
I signed up for one month, but once they had my creditcard info they kept charging me. I tried to to find their phone number or an email address but there is no information on how to contact them,
#21 cancelling
Anonymous on 07/04/2011
They automatically renewed my membership which I did not authorize. Can't get in touch with them to !cancel.. No phone number!!!!!!
#22 Phone contact information for Catholic Match..
J on 07/18/2011
I have had terrible luck with catholic match They are unprofessional, rude, and do not get back to you. They will also find a way to kick you off the site for no apparent reason after sucking in your money for years. I am possibly leaning towards taking legal action against them for this. I had to do a lot of research to find their phone number, but they are part of the "LLC" group and their number is 888-605-3977. The person to talk to is Brian, he is the co-founder of the website. I would NOT recommend this website at all!!! Do not sign up for Catholic Match They were very very unprofessional to me. And after giving them 2 years of business, they were quick to boot me off the site based off of false information from another member and would not let me back on, which I think is a very classless thing to do for someone who had been a paying customer for years. When I did finally get a hold of them via the phone, they were very defensive and they were defensive as to why they wouldn't let me back on. They were also very defensive as to why they don't have phone contact information.
#23 I don't recommend this website!
J on 07/18/2011
They are unreasonable and strict. They remove your account very easily on a hunch, then you can't get a hold of them unless you submit a "ticket." But they never get back to you on the ticket. Then when you do all of this research and finally find their contact number, they get rude and defensive as to why you contacted them about having your profile removed. The owner, Brian, talks down to you and treats you like you are in 3rd grade and is very "self-righteous." The whole website has no class at all and is completely unprofessional. After sucking in all of my money for being a paying customer on the site for 2 years, they suddenly remove my profile based on a hunch when all of the accusations were false. I am very very frustrated by what they did. Will not recommend this site to anyone!
#24 self righteous site
Robert on 08/07/2011
The site was good a year or two ago. Now it is full of pretentious members who have been on there for ever. Gee I wonder why? If you criticize any of the nonsense in the forums you get a polite warning from Brian (one of the owners) putting you on probation. If you profess or discuss anything that the "moderators" (insert owners) disagree with they harass you and make the entire experience pointless and dispiriting. It was entirely reminiscent of high school nonsense with emails from members chastising your beliefs. Eventually if you do not acquese they cancel your membership. Its really childish and ridiculous. They even go so far as to cloak demeaning comments which are engineered to attack your opinions with false platitudes like "I will pray for you" if you happen to disagree with them. There are really no women on there truly looking for relationships. They get caught up on calling people sinner and fornicators if they kiss on first date. Nonsense like that . Just keep away. You and God know your conscious. You do not need a site of moderators to tell you how Catholic you are :-)
#25 The worst customer service I have EVER dealt with....
Andrew on 08/09/2011
This has to be the worst customer service that I have EVER dealt with in my entire life. I was arbitrarily booted off the website. I could not get a hold of anyone. I FINALLY talked to the owner of the site, Mr. Brian Barcaro, and he was EXTREMELY RUDE to me over the phone. I was shocked. After giving him 2 years of business, he did not resolve my issue with him. He talked down to me and was very "self-righteous." I highly recommend that you do NOT sign up for this website as I have a had a horrible experience with them.
#26 caution extreme views ahead
Female on 08/13/2011
I was unfairly accused of personal attacts on the forums when I did no such thing. Actually, it was a moderator who made the first wise crack.
I was a fool for falling for a flamer. A young kid who wanted to post about his extreme views. Innocently, I thought I was answering his questions about current U.S. law. Out came the trolls.
I was attacked by women and men alike. It made me realize that I do not want anything to do with these people. My help ticket went unanswered. Instead, the administrators, Brian or Nathan, or possibly the moderators re-wrote my profile!!! Yes, they have my money! Yes, I am a paying customer.
Unless you also have extreme beliefs and never plan to meet someone, avoid this site. It's a huge waste of time. There's very little contact between men and women. Good luck on getting someone to respond to your efforts to meet someone.
Save yourself the grief and heartache. Re-read Richard's post above. This is one really mess up "dating" site.
#27 I was really looking forward to signing up here,
Anonymous on 11/03/2011
I was really looking forward to signing up here, but after reading those review, why on earth would I? Brian, what a disappointment. How do you sleep at night? And cowering under the guise of Catholic, for shame.
#28 Hypocrisy
Anonymous on 11/30/2011
I've only been in the site for less than one week, and originally, as probably most folks, I was naive when I signed up. I actually wanted to believe that the site was Roman Catholic affiliated or governed, but realised a dating site is a dating site, whether Muslim, Hindu, Roman Catholic, or otherwise. I sense that the members, generally, are not sincere in their faith, and have utilised the site for ulterior motives, whatever they may be, but evidently self gratification plays a significant role. Contrary to the teachings of the church, members are generally conceited, greedy, arrogant, insensitive, and indifferent. Me me me..., victims of societal mores and incapable of developing the courage to walk forth in the true spirit of the church, selflessly and meekly. "I travelled here and there, and I am great.", "I have a spectacular job in sales and marketing and a nine-year-old (adopted, mail order) child from Ethiopia, but I lack the presence of a special person in my life. If someone fits into my life and exact situation, then great, if not, then no biggie, because I've got my friends and family", "I have the best friends and the best family in the whole wide world, I must be the best.", "I don't really need anyone in my life, but if I happen to meet someone in this site, then great.", "My friends say that I am a magnificent person.", "I am 37 years old, but don't really care if I get married or not; I'm just here to meet people.", "I am a beautiful woman, and I should have been a model, but chose a career in high finance, where the action is, but now I'm in my late thirties, and beginning to think about settling down with that certain lucky someone.", "Don't contact me if you make less than seventy k.", "Thanks to all, but only shortlisted candidates will receive initial notification."....blah, blah, blah. If these members are also members of the Catholic church, then I suggest that the true Roman Catholics are those who do not boastfully call themselves this. Catholicism is a way of life, it is not a matter of membership nor social rank; unfortunately, most of the women in the site are not aware of this, or ignore it completely. Women have too much power, and they know it, but there should be no room for this attitude in the church--it needs to be more vigilant in rejoicing in fewer true members, rather than striving for an excess of materialistic and superficial ones. In my brief experience, this site embodies this sort. Very disappointing. I am thankful for having the insight not to purchase a membership, which incidentally, the prices of which speak clearly of the business nature of the site, which uses the name "Catholic" in order to draw a profit. J.C. warned of this sort.
#29 CM does not make sure members are who they say they are
Julie on 12/04/2011
I met someone on CatholicMatch, and we dated for a month and a half before I found out that he is MARRIED! And he met his wife on CatholicMatch. They had only been married for about 4 months when he was back on CatholicMatch, and then he contacted me. I reported him to the website, and to their credit, he has been removed, but BE CAREFUL about the people you meet. I never had this issue when I was on eHarmony, though that's not to say that it doesn't happen there. But I never thought it would be an issue on CatholicMatch.
#30 re
BrayCatherine19 on 12/04/2011
If you want to buy a house, you would have to get the personal loans. Moreover, my mother always takes a bank loan, which seems to be really useful.
#31 I signed up about 2 years ago and it really does not work!
Anonymous on 12/16/2011
I signed up about 2 years ago and it really does not work!!! I don't really see any new users same people all the time! Waste of money and time
#32 Catholic Match Is Actually Singles Purgatory
Anonymous on 01/05/2012
Save your money, they will find a way to extract it from you. You cannot tell who is a paying member or not. You are supposed to convince people that leave to return, like that is somehow your job. The female moderator is bitter, very rude to women, and part of the problem. This site is run by two very young, very greedy men. If they don't agree with something you have posted, they censor it! The forums are evil places, where the weak and un-studied are bullied. there are forums where the women talk about the men. They use their names, reprint private emails, make fun of them. This is not supposed to happen, but it is rampant.
My first time there I came dangerously close to meeting a man who had gone on CM when he was separated. A beautiful 60 year old woman was devastated to find out that her CM fiancé of 6 months was in fact MARRIED. Help tickets are ignored, there is no customer service, loyalty, protections, or TRUST.
Women over 50 are expected to stick to the forums seeking friendship only. You will find men that are women haters, gigolos, gay, emotionally unhinged and married.
CM needs a class action lawsuit that targets them for fraud and abuse. They also I understand, kick people off the site for anything. And keep their money. Also, check the automatic renewal, because you won't get your money back . I'm just a single woman. Why did they treat me like the enemy?
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