Christian matchmaker helps singles

Gerry Gallicchio, 72, founded Singles Reaching Singles in Christ 29 years ago after finding herself suddenly divorced with two children to raise.
Now she helps other Christian singles, many with children, to prepare themselves for marriage through education.
Her organization, which is interdenominational, is affiliated with churches locally and around the state. It encourages singles to take their time and become whole before starting new relationships, she said.
Last year, the organization helped three couples into marriages.
Gallicchio doesn't make a living from the nonprofit singles group. It's her ministry and her calling, she said. She runs an adult day-care facility in her home. The home is known as a lighthouse among the single adults who call her "Momma G."
Being divorced and a single mother carried a stigma 30 years ago, Gallicchio recalls. "In the church world, if you were divorced in those days, you were a loose woman," she said.
But despite today's more relaxed attitude, "it's 10 times worse today," she said. "If I was to marry today, I would ask for credit card reports and mental health reports."
Experience with predatory types who target vulnerable single mothers has given Gallicchio her share of horror stories.

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