Dear Reader: In Gratitude
Christopher Heffron
October 30, 2020
I’ve never been so ready to say goodbye to a year. Where to begin?
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Christopher Heffron
Christopher Heffron is the editorial director at Franciscan Media. This writer/editor loves urban hiking, pop culture, and useless information.
Dear Reader: True Faith Is Colorblind
Christopher Heffron
October 6, 2020
Now is a good time to reflect on our faith and civic lives. To get where we’re going, we have to remember where we’ve been. We’re glad you’re with us on the journey.
Dear Reader: History, Repeated
Christopher Heffron
October 6, 2020
In 2003, I attended a gathering of clergy sex-abuse survivors in Lexington, Kentucky, for St. Anthony Messenger’s June special issue on the crisis.
Dear Reader: There but for the Grace of God…
Christopher Heffron
October 6, 2020
Whenever I think about addiction, my cinema-obsessed mind immediately goes to director Darren Aronofsky’s brutal but brilliant 2000 film, Requiem for a Dream.
Dear Reader: Reconsidering Culture
Christopher Heffron
October 6, 2020
Television, film, music, podcasts, and YouTube color (and in some cases discolor) our faith lives significantly. As a magazine, we want to address that in ways that better serve you, our readers.
Editorial: Voter Suppression Is Civic Aggression
Christopher Heffron
October 5, 2020
When I’m disillusioned by the rhetoric surrounding this year’s election, I focus on a quote from Father Theodore Hesburgh: “Voting is a civic sacrament.”
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