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How to Have the Best Advent Ever
Advent is a special time for Christians: time for reflection, prayer, and silent anticipation of the birth of our Savior. In reliving “the ancient expectancy of the Messiah”... Read More
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Christmas Gifts for Single Moms
When it comes to single moms, the best gifts are acts of service. I know because I spent ten years of my life raising my eldest daughter alone—luckily... Read More
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10 Ideas for Catholic Singles This Advent
Finding it difficult to count your blessings this season? Here are some ways to answer that need to out pour all of that love you have to give.... Read More
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How to Heal Your Relationships this Christmas
We all have a tendency to “activating our faults” when we are in stressful situations—trying to impress old friends and relatives, re-create familial harmony and traditional Christmases past,... Read More
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Christmas Gift Ideas for Catholic Young Adults
I’m not going to lie; I had a great time choosing Christmas gifts for young adults because all of these gift ideas are things that I would want... Read More
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Getting Along With The Scrooge
With apologies to Charles Dickens, let’s take a look at some helpful ways of dealing with some of the more difficult types of people we may encounter this... Read More
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They said what, about Christmas? (video)
Picture this: You are traveling home to see your family on Christmas Eve, but you get stuck at the airport due to a snowstorm. You are waiting in the... Read More
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Meeting the Parents During Christmas
As we prepare for Christmas and the New Year, we are likely to meet, either for the first time, or successive time, our significant other’s family. Here are some... Read More
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Here’s How Single Catholics Can Get Through the Holidays Happily
It can be challenging being single over the Christmas and New Year Holidays. This seems to be a time of year when movies and other media emphasize romance.... Read More
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A Blizzard Made for the Best First Date
There was a blizzard and he was at least an hour away. Cammie, 20, told him that they could reschedule their first date. Patrick, 29, couldn’t wait. Since... Read More
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12 Gifts Only Single Catholics Will Appreciate
Some of these you may want to purchase for yourself. Others, you may want to give to your single friends. And then, you may want to send this post... Read More
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3 Forgotten Christmas Movies You Need to Watch
Who doesn’t love a good Christmas movie? Whether seeing Maureen O’Hara come to believe in Santa Claus, or Jimmy Stewart realize that he’s had a wonderful life, or... Read More
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Don’t Bemoan The Holidays…Bake!
Every November, I think of baking around St. Elizabeth of Hungary’s feast day. And every December, I think about it again around today, St. Lucy’s feast day. Whether... Read More
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How Singles Can Get Through The Holidays Gracefully
Dreading the holidays because you’re single? No worries—you are in good company. Many unattached men and women feel the same way, dreading the awkward questions and insensitive comments... Read More
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Is Today Christmas Adam or Christmas Eve?
Growing up, as a joke, my family always used to call December 23rd “Christmas Adam” as it falls right before “Christmas Eve.” But theologically, it may not be... Read More
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7 Things Every Divorced Catholic Needs to Prepare for Holiday Madness
It’s October and change is in the air. Leaves are falling, evenings are cool and crisp, and the kids have gone back to school. That means the holidays... Read More
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Ladies: How To Embrace a Grateful Heart This Advent
I find that during the holidays it can be surprisingly difficult to remain centered in Christ. Over the last few years I have also felt increasingly lonely during... Read More
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Don’t Just Read ‘A Christmas Carol’: Live It
I don’t have to summarize the plot of Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol in Prose, Being a Ghost Story of Christmas, do I? Everyone knows the story of... Read More
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Merry Christmas from CatholicMatch!
Advent is over…Christmas is here and 2017 has been a year! We’ve traveled all over for conferences (including two National Catholic Singles Conferences!) from San Antonio to Atlanta... Read More
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Six Low-Budget, Winter-Time Dates
As my favorite time of year begins to descend upon us with slow, deliberate, cat-like steps, common questions arise in the hearts and minds of couples anywhere that... Read More
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