Noelle Mering to speak on ‘identity and invitation’ at Women’s Conference

The theme of this year’s Worcester Catholic Women’s Conference is “I Thirst for the Salvation of Souls.” One of the five scheduled speakers is Noelle Mering who will give a talk titled, “Identity and Invitation: Let your life and home be a witness to a searching world.”

Noelle Mering is a fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center think tank in Washington, D.C., where she co-directs the Theology of Home project. She is an editor for Theology of Home, co-author of the Theology of Home book series, and the author of Awake, Not Woke: A Christian Response to the Cult of Progressive Ideology. She is also a contributing author for Catholic Answers, including articles titled, “Can Catholics Get Woke?” and “Dear Science: What If Kids Need Their Moms?” Writing on culture, politics and religion, Mrs. Mering has contributed to other publications, including Newsweek, the Daily Wire, the National Review, The Federalist, The American Mind, the Washington Examiner, Catholic World Report, and the National Catholic Register. She was recently published in the NCR for an article titled “‘Love’ on a Jumbotron: Self-Deception, Sin, and the Stories We Tell Ourselves” in response to a viral incident at a Coldplay Concert at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough this past July. Mrs. Mering has also been featured several times on Fox News and EWTN.

A conversation with Mrs. Mering was included in Jesus Thirsts: The Miracle of the Eucharist which was shown in movie theaters and other venues around the country during the fall of 2024.

She studied philosophy and theatre at Westmont College in California and got her master’s degree in philosophy at Franciscan University of Steubenville. She and her husband live in Southern California and are the parents of six children and grandparents of one granddaughter.

Also speaking at the conference will be Father Matthew Norwood, a pastor from the Archdiocese of Boston; Dr. Madeline Colon-Usowicz, a local family physician; Adam Janke of St. Paul Street Evangelization; and Tim Francis, a Catholic speaker and author.
Priests will be available for the sacrament of reconciliation during the lunch break. The conference will begin with adoration and the rosary led by Bishop McManus who will also celebrate the vigil Mass at 5 p.m. in St. Joseph Basilica.

Tickets are $60. Student tickets (16-22) are $25. Both include a continental 
breakfast and lunch.

Visit www.wcwconference.com for details and registration information
 or call Corinn Dahm at 508-277-3969.