CatholicMatch.com Announces Partnership with Ave Maria Singles

Pittsburgh, PA (PRWEB) August 27, 2005 -- CatholicMatch.com is pleased to announce a new partnership with Ave Maria Singles, through the Road To Cana (RTC) project started by Anthony Buono. This new partnership will provide single Catholics the opportunity to benefit from the combined resources and efforts of both companies. The goal is to help singles prepare for marriage and enable them to become the spouse God calls them to be.

"Because of our mutual respect and similar experiences, both organizations saw the same potential in this partnership," said Catholic Match co-founder Brian Barcaro. "We feel strongly our combined efforts can greatly serve single Catholics in a way other organizations can’t. We have had well over 100,000 people use our service, but are always looking to find more ways to help our members. In addition to our online service, we feel RTC provides us an opportunity to serve them on a much deeper level."

The RTC project provides trips, conferences, and other resources to help single Catholics better discern their approach to both single and married life. Ave Maria Singles and (RTC) founder Anthony Buono stated: "Road To Cana was born out of the years experience of working with single Catholics and recognizing a fundamental need for marriage formation at the individual level. We want to help single Catholics recognize the issues about themselves that could be keeping them from being the spouse their future partner is praying for them to be. It's time to do self-reflection and stop looking at the opposite sex or dating sites or financial situations, etc., as the reason a person is not married yet."

A number of events and activities have already are already available on RoadToCana.com, including a Jamaican getaway, Caribbean and Alaskan cruises, and a Rome pilgrimage. The Road To Cana television series is already in production, and will be released on DVD this coming fall. A modified version of the series is expected to be aired on the Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN) in early 2006. Catholic Match and Ave Maria Singles are pleased to join together, and be at the forefront of this exciting new work.

About Catholic Match, LLC
CatholicMatch.com is the largest and most visited online community for Catholic singles. The service has brought people together for marriage, helped others towards the priesthood and religious life, and given those leading a single life the opportunity to deepen an understanding of their faith. CatholicMatch.com has been featured in/on the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Radio Program, EWTN TV & Radio, National Catholic Register, Our Sunday Visitor, New York Times, Reuters, CNN.com and many other publications and programs. Founded in 1999, it is managed by Acolyte, LLC, an Internet management and development company based out of Zelienople, PA. About Ave Maria Singles Ave Maria Singles located in Front Royal, VA is a service solely dedicated to helping faithful, practicing Catholics find their future spouse and help them become a better follower of Christ. Ave Maria Singles is dedicated to helping God build up family life in the Church through the coming together in holy matrimony of committed Catholics who will have strong, Catholic families greatly needed in today's world to bear witness to Christ and build the "Civilization of Love". Ave Maria Singles has been featured on EWTN, Zenit News, Family Life Center Radio and many other programs and publications.

CONTACT: Dan Flaherty, +1.888.605.3977x6 or dan@goacolyte.com