Ryan and Kate were looking for something more. Both felt their previous relationships had lacked a depth necessary to make them long-lasting, so perhaps it’s appropriate that both were in church when they first heard about CatholicMatch.
It was October of 2009 when Kate, then 31-years-old and living in the Chicago area heard about CatholicMatch through a friend at her local parish. Ryan, two years younger and living 90 miles north in Milwaukee was at Mass with his mother, when she pointed out the CatholicMatch ad in the church bulletin. In December 2009, Ryan joined the site.
Shortly before Christmas, Ryan and Kate found each other online and began an online chat while they were at work. “It turns out we talked the whole afternoon without getting much work done,” Ryan recalled. Kate was getting ready to travel to California and visit family, and they continued the conversation on her cab ride to the airport, after she gave Ryan her number.
Ryan and Kate each wanted more than what they'd been getting and found that depth in each other.
