Once I arrived there, with my usual initial nervousness when it comes to women, I tried to see who looked around my age, who caught my eye, or if I knew anyone. You had to sign in, and provided you paid prior to the event, you were granted one free beverage. While there I met another young guy who was part of another local Catholic student association. Still I was relatively alone and nervous. All my worries were running in my mind until the facilitators arrived and started to speak. They said to congregate to various areas depending on our age group and status.
They also read out the portion about the frame of mind for Catholic speed dating above. When I did what they said, I had my first surprise of the night: My age group was so large more than 10 people of both sexes that we had two groups, while the others had only one group each. Each date included 3 minutes of conversation, followed by 2 minutes writing on a little Valentine's day card, where you would give one considerate detail or comment to the other person, and if you chose, contact information. And so it began.
With some of the women, we ended up asking the usual questions--about work, education, and the like, while others tended to be a bit more open and got into some elements of their Catholic faith such as how we both got involved in the Catholic student association , and even some parts of our faith life, like our ministries, our home parish, and some things we've done.
Some women even revealed how they've done work abroad with children, either through teaching or missionary work. One woman revealed an interesting connection to St.
It tied quite in nicely to the whole central idea of us all being made in the image of God. This relief was shared by my fellow daters! Perhaps this Catholic concept of speed-dating really made it worthwhile.
I just eased up and enjoyed their company. That to me personally is encouraging and makes me somewhat happy inside, that perhaps for me there is the possibility that we can love as Christ did, without reservations, be it a heterosexual loving relationship Eros , or in other forms of love e.
Often with my personal struggles, I tend to lose hope quickly when the going gets tough. The fact that someone else is praying for me to the Lord really gives me hope and told me someone else cares, even if contact info wasn't there. I now am not praying alone anymore to the Lord. I would do it again if I had the opportunity! Get your name in first to avoid waitlists. If you want in on the next season email BasquezA aol. Excited to host you! Faith Match is continuing see tab. Please let me know if you want in on the upcoming Catholic speed dating events by emailing to DateCatholic aol.
Hope to host you soon! We do our best to host all ages events at different times during the year. These and many more have started their journey to their current spouse with Denver Catholic Speed Dating and thus credit it for inspiring them step up to focus on dating in faith and virtue. Congrats to these and to all the spin-off weddings that happened with participants who credit Denver Catholic Speed Dating for helping get them going on their journey toward meeting the right partners!!
See Faith Match tab for details. We will offer more events soon. Please inquire at DateCatholic aol. We have hosted six years of events throughout the Denver Metro area, Fort Collins and Colorado Springs and hosted nearly Catholics for speed dating at a national Catholic event held in January !
We have at least 20 who met from the events and married and several marriages now in the planning between people who met at these events. If we have not hosted in your area, city or state and are due to, please send a suggestion to BasquezA aol. At the end of the evening I took out a piece of paper on which "yes" and "no" was written next to each date's name.
I sat down and considered which of the guys I was willing to see a second time. The guy from the young adult group seemed nice, and I noted that on the paper. Then my pen hovered over the space next to Travis's name.
He was a bit judgmental, but then again, I had been too. He was also hilarious, enjoyed his work, and seemed interested in mine.
And, well, I had to give him credit for his knowledge of Church history. Was I glad to have taken a chance, to have gotten outside of myself and to rethink my opinions? Was I looking forward to whatever new surprises lay in store?
I pressed my pen onto the dog-eared sheet of paper and emphatically circled "yes. Kerry Weber is an associate editor for America , and author of 'Keeping the Faith: Tap here to turn on desktop notifications to get the news sent straight to you.
I told myself it was a social experiment. In the end, my curiosity won out.
Giving it a shot. But even more surprising was this: Few of the guys seemed interested in religion. I couldn't tell if he was kidding. My next date showed even less enthusiasm. Then he asked, "So, are you religious? We went back and forth for a minute, each unsure if the other was being sarcastic. Finally, I stated, rather emphatically, that it was a Catholic Event.