National Singles Conference to be Televised Next Year

The National Catholic Singles Conference, operating since 2005, joins Reality Television as next year’s conference will be broadcast on ABC. Mike Fleiss, producer of the Bachelor franchise agreed with conference organizers to create a show inspired by “Bachelor in Paradise”. That popular show features attractive singles at a bungalow on Mexico’s Gulf coast. The new “Single Catholics in Purgatory” show has a similar premise. Each week 12 to 14 women and men will flirt with each other before the climactic Rosary Ceremony. Any single who does not receive a rosary goes home in a limousine and is encouraged to cry on camera.

Attendees at this year’s conference said they think the weekly culling of the contestant pool will focus everyone’s mind on marriage. “My main reason for marriage is to help my spouse get to heaven”, said Phil Williamson of Kansas City. “And did you see the bikini on that blond!”

Participants on the show will be between the ages of 24 and 35 and free to marry within the Church. Fleiss expects applicants from throughout the country. “We’re setting up a website where hopefuls can upload selfies and devotional prayers.”

Conference goer Mollie Henderson said the new show will give viewers “a healthier view of relationships” than other Bachelor franchises. “And will generate fewer STDs, I hope.”