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.”

ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR

ROSARY REFLECTIONS FOR KIDS

The month December brings us a number of Marian feast days: the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception (12/8), the Feast of Our Lady of...

WHEN GOD IS BEFORE YOUR NEEDS

“Take heart; rise, he is calling you. And throwing off his cloak he sprang up  and came to Jesus. And Jesus said to him,...

HOW TO ENCOURAGE OUR KIDS VOCATIONS

I was about 14 years old when my big brother came home from college one weekend and told us that a good friend of...

BOSS-GIRLS, TRAD-WIVES AND THE BEAUTY OF WORK

Just a few weeks ago, we celebrated Labor Day here in the United States. It’s a holiday I never really gave much thought to,...

I’M SCARED AND NOW I’LL BE COMBING THROUGH POOP

The above title came courtesy of a good friend who’s four-year-old daughter had just swallowed a penny. It was shared in a group text...

OUR LADY OF KNOCK

Amongst the rolling hills of Ireland, spotted with pastures and crops and free-roaming sheep, the Blessed Mother appeared, in silence, 145 years ago in...