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Binary
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I am prepared to back up this statement with anecdotal evidence.
Catholic women do not go to mass between the ages of 18 and when they get married
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IrishAm
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Well, that’s just silly.
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OutinChgoburbs
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LOL. Your profile says you are 25. Yet, you know every Catholic woman in that category throughout the world, and can prove that each of them does not go to Mass until they are married.
Good luck with that.
Good luck with that.
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theistgal
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Who are you, Lionel Hutz?
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Binary
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I am also prepared to be proven wrong. Preferably at a parish within driving distance of my house.Who are you, Lionel Hutz?
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tampasteve
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Perhaps a less sweeping statement would be more acurate. “A lot of Catholic…” or “Most Catholic…” I know for a fact that my wife went to Mass in that age frame that you are stating, and there are a fair amount of women in my parish that also would disagree with the statement.
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kage_ar
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Mass is not the time to be scoping out the parishioners.
Get involved with some activities, groups, etc at the Parish, city or Diocesian level where other young people are involved.
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Schluns
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you cannot back an argument with anecdotal evidence.
If this statement is made due to your inability to meet women your age, you are looking in the wrong place and focusing your attention on the wrong things at the wrong times.
If this statement is made due to your inability to meet women your age, you are looking in the wrong place and focusing your attention on the wrong things at the wrong times.
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Binary
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I have, for about a year now. It has not been fruitful.
I know I just need to be patient, but sometimes it’s frustrating, hence this silly thread.
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Eucharisted
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What if Catholic women get married when they’re, say, 15? 
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Eucharisted
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What groups would you like to join if you could?I have, for about a year now. It has not been fruitful.
I know I just need to be patient, but sometimes it’s frustrating, hence this silly thread.
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jmcrae
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The young women in my Young Adults’ Youth Group do. (I insist on it.) They also bring their boyfriends as often as possible.
I have no idea where they meet the boyfriends. The boyfriends just kind of show up, all of a sudden. And then disappear, and are replaced with different boyfriends, from time to time, until all of a sudden, the girls are engaged to be married, and then that’s that.
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Epistemes
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Hmmm…
No wonder I can’t find a good, *single *Catholic woman my age.
No wonder I can’t find a good, *single *Catholic woman my age.
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Binary
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Ideally, either:
-a class for continued catholic education. History, theology, scripture, anything really. I’ve been to some informal lectures (theology on tap) and while they’re entertaining, they’re not very educational.
or
-some kind of charity group. I live in a well-to-do county, so I haven’t been able to find anything meaningful to do that’s close by.
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dzheremi
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I have been to mass in the past with my then-girlfriend of 21, and we were not married, so I am willing to disprove your assertion with some ancedotal evidence of my own! 
Her mother also went with us when she was around. It was a nice time for all. Sorry you’re apparently having trouble meeting Catholic young ladies. They’re out there, but at mass is definitely not the right time to be looking for them. Try some other Catholic functions.
Her mother also went with us when she was around. It was a nice time for all. Sorry you’re apparently having trouble meeting Catholic young ladies. They’re out there, but at mass is definitely not the right time to be looking for them. Try some other Catholic functions.
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withwind
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How about helping something at your church? Nusing Home visit? Hospital visit? Praying group? etc …
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jmcrae
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It seems to me that they start dating in high school when they’re about 16 years old, and just move from boyfriend to boyfriend without ever being “single” in that sense, until they meet the one they want to marry.Hmmm…
No wonder I can’t find a good, *single *Catholic woman my age.
They seem to select from the available men already in their cliques at work and at school - acquaintance and friendship precede dating, and the acquaintance and friendship occur while they are dating other people - they choose their next “steady date” from among their available male friends that they’ve been hanging out with for quite a while - they don’t (normally) date people who haven’t been in their clique for quite some time already.
They would consider it really strange for someone they didn’t know to ask them for a date, and they would absolutely refuse - they would consider it extremely unsafe to go with a man they didn’t know very well.
So, your best bet is to get yourself accepted into a fairly large clique that is made up of single Catholic men and women, make friends with as many of the unmarried women as possible, and then see what happens next.
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AmbroseSJ
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Andrew Greeley did some statistical analysis with the help of authentic surveys. He wrote a book, and found that All young Catholics tend to drift away from the Church until they reach approx. 30 yrs. of age, upon which they begin drifting back. He also found that it did not matter whether they went to CCD (PSR) or not. Catholic School educated children had an overall higher retention rate.
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RCWarrior821
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My girlfriend of two years attends Holy Mass every Sunday. However, she is only 18 and may break that horrible habit in a year if you’re right
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