Theresa Mergener

Theresa is the Content Director for Decided Excellence Catholic Media. She lives in the great northwoods of Wisconsin with her husband, four kids, and 100-pound hound mix. She is passionate about spreading the Catholic faith and providing support to families experiencing pregnancy and infant loss, having two little saints in Heaven herself. She has a great affinity for Our Lady of Good Help, who appeared in Champion, WI to Adele Brise and encouraged her to “Gather the children in this wild country and teach them what they should know for salvation.”

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