Cana Search Relaunch
CatholicCandle.org/CanaSearch ❧ CanaSearch@aol.com
In the early 1980s, some lifelong Traditional Catholics saw the need to be God’s tools to help connect unmarried Traditional Catholic men and women seeking to fulfill God’s call to their married vocations. These lifelong Traditional Catholics launched Cana Search, an initiative which continued for about twenty years and resulted in at least four Traditional Catholic marriages.
A few of this same group of lifelong Traditional Catholics now seek to relaunch Cana Search for the glory of God and for the salvation of souls, particularly to help unmarried Traditional Catholic men and women to fulfill their married vocations.
Note: Cana Search is not “trad-ecumenical”. That is, we do not hold that as long as a person considers himself “traditional” Catholic and attends only the Traditional Latin Mass, that he is on the correct path. As faithful and informed Catholics know, many priests and laymen are liberal or have other serious problems, even if they exclusively accept the Traditional Latin Mass.
Although Cana Search does not require participants to confirm more specific aspects of their adherence to Catholic Tradition, this does not mean those aspects are not crucial to the spiritual life and for salvation. Rather, Cana Search is merely facilitating the beginning of the process that might end in fulfilling their married vocation.
Cana Search is merely informing unmarried Traditional Catholic men who have contacted Cana Search, of women who have registered themselves as unmarried Traditional Catholic women (and have sent to Cana Search the information and promises which are discussed below).
Likewise, Cana Search is merely informing unmarried Traditional Catholic women who have contacted Cana Search, of men who have registered themselves as unmarried Traditional Catholic men (and have sent to Cana Search the information and promises which are discussed below).
This is merely a beginning of communication that, with the help of God, with prudence and prayer, might assist those persons to “test the waters” and to discern God’s Will as to whether God is calling them to marry each other.
How Cana
Search works:
Cana Search is open only to unmarried Traditional Catholic men and women who are eighteen years of age or older, who are looking to answer God’s call to the married vocation.
Cana Search is not selecting or seeking to match any particular Traditional Catholic man to any particular Traditional Catholic woman.
Unmarried Traditional Catholic men and women may participate by providing the information (listed below) as well as by making the specific promises required for participation, and then email that information and those promises to: CanaSearch@aol.com.
Cana Search will add the men’s names (and the information they send) to the men’s list and add the women’s names (and the information they send) to the women’s list. Then, Cana Search will periodically send each participant a current copy of the list of those on Cana Search’s list of the opposite sex.
The CanaSearch@aol.com email address is for submission of that information and those promises as well as to disseminate the lists to participants. Any other inquiries about Traditional Catholic Faith and Practice should go to CatholicCandle@gmail.com.
Information
to Send:
To participate, please send the following information:
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Full name
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Age
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Level and description of education
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Occupation
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Interests and hobbies
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Mailing address and email address
Cana Search will treat this information as confidential, will not post this information on the internet or otherwise make this information public.
The Obligations of Those Participating
Each Cana Search participant must specifically promise:
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Not to disclose any part of any Cana Search list publicly or to any other persons other than to possibly share the list privately with a person from whom he or she is seeking personal advice.
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That he/she:
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Has never been divorced or received an annulment;
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Is Traditional Catholic and accepts the entirety of the Traditional Catholic Faith, does not attend the new mass, and attends only the Traditional Latin Mass (or would attend this Mass if it were available without compromise); and
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Will use the Cana Search information solely with the aim of fulfilling God’s call to the married vocation, not for any other purpose.
Final note: whereas the Cana Search participant lists are confidential (as explained above), this informational flyer is public and may be shared with anyone who is interested in this work for the glory of God and for the salvation of souls.