Dictionary for Catholic Singles
Term: Catholic
First and foremost, one who acknowledges they are a sinner in need of a savior; who believes they have faults and weaknesses that need to be addressed; who believes all the Catholic Church teaches, 100%, when it comes to what we are to believe and how we are to live that belief; who works at practicing their faith and wants to get to die in the state of grace and get to heaven.
Dictionary for Catholic Singles
Term: Single
A human being who is not yet committed for life in a vocation, particularly someone who is not yet married.
Dictionary for Catholic Singles
Term: Catholic Singles
A Catholic person who is not yet committed for life in a vocation, and is also free to marry in the Catholic Church.
Dictionary for Catholic Singles
Term: Single Catholics
Same as “Catholic singles”, only a different way to label it.
Dictionary for Catholic Singles
Term: Dating
The process of spending time with a person of the opposite sex in a way that pursues attraction and making a connection, but does not necessarily include openness to a serious relationship or marriage, is open to sexual expression, and can often end in both persons agreeing not to see each other any longer or in friendship.
Dictionary for Catholic Singles
Term: Catholic Dating
Two Catholic persons of the opposite sex who are of legal age and spend time together in a way that respects the person, excludes premarital sex or inappropriate sexual expression, but rather values chastity and virginity, pursues attraction and making a connection, but also includes and openness to a serious relationship that can lead to marriage, and has friendship as the basis for their relationship.
Dictionary for Catholic Singles
Term: Relationship
A state of connectedness between people (especially an emotional connection); a state involving mutual dealings between people. For those who hope for marriage, this an uncertain period of determining whether or not there is something “there” between the two that could lead to something more serious.
Dictionary for Catholic Singles
Term: Courtship
When two people agree to be exclusive with each other to focus on determining if they should becoming engaged to be married by mutual agreement.
Dictionary for Catholic Singles
Term: Chastity
The living of life without the use or expression of God’s gift of sexuality with another person before marriage.
Dictionary for Catholic Singles
Term: Vocation
The formal act of offering oneself in service to God for the needs of another or others. Marriage is the only vocation where a life of celibacy is not required.
Dictionary for Catholic Singles
Term: Marriage
One man and one woman who formally make promises to each other that are meant to last for the rest of their lives until the death of one of the spouses.
Dictionary for Catholic Singles
Term: Catholic Marriage
One man and one woman who, under the normal laws of Church teaching on marriage, formally by their free will consent make promises of fidelity, permanence and openness to children before God by a Catholic priest within a Catholic church, that is a convent and contract that cannot be broken except in the event of the death of one of the spouses.
Dictionary for Catholic Singles
Term: Marriage-Minded
One who believes they are called to marriage as their vocation and is dating with the intention of meeting the person they will marry one day.
Dictionary for Catholic Singles
Term: Online Dating
The use of technology to come into contact with other single persons for the purpose of meeting someone offline and developing a relationship.
Dictionary for Catholic Singles
Term: Catholic Online Dating
Catholic person who use technology to come into contact with other Catholic singles for the purpose of getting acquainted with other Catholics, developing friendships and ultimately of meeting in person those of interest that the Catholic person hopes may lead to marriage.
