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With a combination of tenacity, creativity and vulnerability, some Catholics are finding ways to work around common obstacles and make connections happen.
Catholic or not, the consensus remains: Dating is hard. But with a combination of tenacity, creativity and vulnerability, some Catholics are finding ways to work around common obstacles and make connections happen.
And while speed-dating in a parish hall or finding your spouse on a viral social-media post may seem untraditional, those involved think these strategies shouldn’t be dismissed. After all — “What do you have to lose?”
That’s the question Emily Wilson posed when talking to the Register about her Instagram “matchmaking posts,” invitations for single Catholics to introduce themselves in a few lines, which have resulted in multiple engagements and marriages.
Wilson made her first matchmaking post in August 2023. As a Catholic author and speaker heavily involved in women’s ministry, she knew “the dating landscape in the Catholic world is very bleak.”
Continued below.
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Catholic or not, the consensus remains: Dating is hard. But with a combination of tenacity, creativity and vulnerability, some Catholics are finding ways to work around common obstacles and make connections happen.
And while speed-dating in a parish hall or finding your spouse on a viral social-media post may seem untraditional, those involved think these strategies shouldn’t be dismissed. After all — “What do you have to lose?”
That’s the question Emily Wilson posed when talking to the Register about her Instagram “matchmaking posts,” invitations for single Catholics to introduce themselves in a few lines, which have resulted in multiple engagements and marriages.
Wilson made her first matchmaking post in August 2023. As a Catholic author and speaker heavily involved in women’s ministry, she knew “the dating landscape in the Catholic world is very bleak.”
Continued below.

The Church Plays Cupid: Helping Marriage-Minded Singles Meet Their Match
With a combination of tenacity, creativity and vulnerability, some Catholics are finding ways to work around common obstacles and make connections happen.