Noelle Mering

Noelle Mering is an author and a Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center (EPPC) 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.

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