Noelle Mering
Fellow
Noelle Mering is a Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center in the Life and Family Initiative. She is the author of No Contact: How a Seductive Ideology Broke Families and Friendships—and How We Can Repair Them (Penguin Random House, 2026). She is also the best-selling author of Awake, Not Woke: A Christian Response to the Cult of Progressive Ideology and co-author of the Theology of Home book series.
Noelle Mering is a Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center in the Life and Family Initiative. She is the author of No Contact: How a Seductive Ideology Broke Families and Friendships—and How We Can Repair Them (Penguin Random House, 2026). She is also the best-selling author of Awake, Not Woke: A Christian Response to the Cult of Progressive Ideology and co-author of the Theology of Home book series.
A columnist for the Catholic Herald, she has published in Newsweek, National Review, The Washington Examiner, First Things, The Federalist, The Daily Wire, and National Catholic Register. She has appeared several times on Fox News, EWTN, Relevant Radio, and in various documentaries, including Jesus Thirsts. A frequent speaker on family, culture, and political ideology, she has addressed audiences at the Napa Institute, the SEEK Conference, and the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome.
She also writes the Substack Family Revival, a growing platform focused on strengthening family life, faith, culture, and relationships in an age of fragmentation. In addition to her writing and speaking, she works with her husband mentoring younger couples in marriage and family formation and flourishing.
She holds an M.A. in philosophy from Franciscan University of Steubenville, where she received the Bishop John King Mussio Award. Noelle lives in California with her husband and is the mother of six.
Substack: https://noellemering.substack.com/
X: @noellem
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/noelle-mering-843a71301/
The Front Royal Statement outlines cardinal principles for Catholic education
Noelle Mering
One of the striking lessons of the past century is that movements seeking to transform society eventually turn their attention…
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The Catholic World Report / June 18, 2026
The false divide between “pelvic theology” and Catholic social teaching
Noelle Mering
The Church’s teachings on sexuality are not a distraction from Catholic social doctrine but one of its essential foundations
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The Catholic Herald / May 28, 2026
The dangers of performative faith
Noelle Mering
The Catholic Faith will always sit in a bit of tension with the concept of branding and influencers. Most of…
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The Catholic Herald / May 24, 2026
From childless by choice to parental regret
Noelle Mering
A new genre of cultural confession has emerged: mothers publicly expressing regret for having children. A recent article in The Cut featured several…
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The Catholic Herald / April 15, 2026
Modern Fertility Technology Is Overriding Our Moral Compass
Noelle Mering
While studying the menu at an elegant restaurant in Mexico City, I overheard women at a table next to ours…
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The Federalist / March 16, 2026
The interior life in an age of outrage
Noelle Mering
After Communion, as the choir began the simple Taizé chant Adoramus te, Christe, I found myself praying for a mother a…
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The Catholic Herald / March 1, 2026
Hospitality as a way of life
Noelle Mering
Between the feasting of Christmastide and the fasting of Lent lies ordinary life without a clear script. During the holidays,…
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The Catholic Herald / February 4, 2026
Cutting Off Your Parents Is Identity Politics, Not ‘Boundaries’
Noelle Mering
The practice of severing family often takes on an authoritarian tenor that presumes the adult child cutting contact is always right.
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The Federalist / January 5, 2026
What young converts are really looking for
Noelle Mering
Amid news of the wave of young adults coming into the Church this past year, I asked a friend, a…
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The Catholic Herald / January 2, 2026
The Tilma, false gods, and the fate of our age
Noelle Mering
When Our Lady of Guadalupe appeared to the peasant Juan Diego in 1531, Mesoamerica stood at a crossroads. The Aztec…
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The Catholic Herald / December 12, 2025
Noelle Mering is a writer and speaker working at the intersection of ideology, faith, and family. Her mission is to expose the ever-evolving threats to family life while uplifting a richer vision of an integrated human and familial one.
Family Revival aims to navigate an age of disintegration and revitalize family life.