Chicago, Ill., Oct 8, 2008 / 23:07 pm
Vision Vocation Guide and the VocationMatch.com web site have reported that over the past year more than 6,900 people interested in Catholic religious vocations completed online profiles and requested information from religious communities through the web site.
The web site gathers information from inquirers and matches their profiles against the profiles of religious communities to produce recommendations, similar to the way matches are made at dating sites.
Vision Vocation Guide says in a press release that VocationMatch.com users become “more qualified discerners” who have considered practical questions about a religious vocation, such as whether he or she wants to live in a monastery or a house, live in a large community or a small one, minister locally or overseas, wear a habit or religious symbol, and pray with others once a day or several times a day.
The site reports that the number of reader profiles has jumped from 1,503 to 5,591 in the past year.