Donna Heckler, APC

Get to Know Donna Heckler, APC

I became a Pauline Cooperator on January 25, 2020. It has been an honor to get to know the Daughters more fully during the past several years. After a career of marketing strategy and leadership, I had been seeking a way to connect my skills with my faith when I met the Daughters. To say, it felt like my hand found its glove would be an understatement. The charism of the Daughters speaks to how I have tried to live my life, using marketing and media for good and now for sharing the good news of Christ. As a Cooperator, I continue to listen to his calls for writing, speaking, and development of marketing programs that can help draw people to our Lord.    

Donna A. Heckler is a global marketing executive who has been blessed with a prominent career in companies whose names we all know. A recognized thought leader in brand and marketing strategy, Donna has written Marketing God: Inspired Strategies for Building the Kingdom, released by Our Sunday Visitor in August 2019. She is also co-author of The Truth About Creating Brands People Love and the acclaimed Living Like a Lady When You Have Cancer. Donna is a Catholic speaker, author, and advisor with a knack for insightful and engaging story telling. 

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Stories From Donna Heckler, APC

Come, Lord Jesus! An Advent Meditation for Vocational Discernment 

Come, Lord Jesus. This is a cry to which we return over and over again during Advent—in the readings. . . .

Through Music God Opens Us Wider to His Love 

Before I entered the Daughters of St. Paul, I was very much a musician. I grew up in Hawaii. . . .

Christmas Concerts: Nights of Grace

I have never sung in our Christmas concerts—as I often tell people, “I sing, but not in the choir!”. . . .