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The Canterbury Medal Dinner

Presenting the 2013 Honoree

Elder Dallin H. Oaks

View Official 2013 Canterbury Medal Invitation 

Endorsement from former medalist Archbishop Charles J. Chaput

Please Save the Date for this year’s 18th Anniversary
Canterbury Medal Dinner to be held on

Thursday, May 16, 2013 at the Pierre Hotel

2 East 61st Street at Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10065
Telephone: +1 (212) 838-8000
Facsimile: +1 (212) 940-8109

Purchase Tickets To Annual Dinner

The Becket Fund has secured the following rooming rates for your convenience. Please contact the hotels directly to place your reservation by April 10, 2013.

THE PIERRE HOTEL
2 East 61st Street at Fifth Avenue · New York, NY 10065
(212) 838-8000
1.800.743.7734 (toll-free)
(212) 940-8109 (fax)
www.tajhotels.com/pierre/

BECKET FUND BLOCK ROOMING RATES:
$625.00 per room per night
The above rate is based on 1-2 person occupancy. Please note check-in time is 3:00p.m. and check out time is 12:00 p.m.

 JW MARRIOTT ESSEX HOUSE NEW YORK
(0.4 miles from the Pierre Hotel)
160 Central Park South · New York, NY  10019
(212) 247-0300
(212) 315-1839 (fax)
Make your reservation online

BECKET FUND BLOCK ROOMING RATES:
$499.00   per room per night for Standard Queen accommodations, online code: becbecb
$499.00   per room per night for Standard Double accommodations, online code: becbecc

RENAISSANCE NEW YORK HOTEL 57

(0.5 miles from the Pierre Hotel)
130 East 57th Street · New York, NY  10019
(212) 753-8841
(212) 838-4767 (fax)
http://www.marriott.com

BECKET FUND BLOCK ROOMING RATES:
$319.00 per room per night for Cozy Accommodations
$359.00 per room per night for Superior Double Accommodations

If you have any questions please contact Sarah Kerner at (202) 349-7223.

We look forward to seeing you for this year’s celebration of religious liberty
and our medalist, Elder Dallin H. Oaks.

For a 10% discount on tuxedo rentals, tell Baldwin Formals you’re with the Becket Fund. Contact them online or call (212) 245-8190. They deliver and pick up from the Pierre for free!

For quality car service we recommend Dial 7 Cars: (212)777-7777

The Canterbury Medal is the Becket Fund’s highest honor. It recognizes courage in the defense of religious liberty and is named for Canterbury Cathedral, where Thomas a Becket was martyred by the knights of King Henry II for his own defense of religious freedom. The Canterbury Medal is thus given annually to one “who has resolutely and publicly refused to render to Caesar that which is God’s.”

The Canterbury Medal Dinner honors the year’s medalist and also serves as a place where the work of The Becket Fund shines. The dinner is prominently attended by religious leaders of all faiths as well as by a wide variety of public figures and members of the press.

Over the years we’ve awarded the Canterbury Medal to many accomplished allies in the fight to keep religion alive in the public square. Here is a list of Canterbury Medalists since the honor was first given in 1997.

(Click on the year to view a slideshow from each event)

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    The Canterbury Medal Dinner

    The Canterbury Medal Dinner honors the year’s medalist and also serves as a place where the work of The Becket Fund shines. The dinner is prominently attended by religious leaders of all faiths as well as by a wide variety of public figures and members of the press.

    The following are select photos from each dinner since the inaugural year in 1997.

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    2012 Canterbury Medalist

    Kevin “Seamus” Hasson, Founder and President Emeritus of the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty

    Kevin “Seamus” Hasson
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    2012 Canterbury Medal Dinner

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    2012 Canterbury Medal Dinner


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    2012 Canterbury Medal Dinner

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    2012 Canterbury Medal Dinner

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    2012 Canterbury Medal Dinner

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    2012 Canterbury Medal Dinner

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    2012 Canterbury Medal Dinner

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    2011 Canterbury Medalist

    Eric Metaxas, New York Times bestselling author of Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy

    Eric Metaxas
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    2011 Canterbury Medalist

    Eric Metaxas, New York Times bestselling author of Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy

    Eric Metaxas
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    2011 Canterbury Medal Dinner

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    2010 Canterbury Medalist

    Robert P. George, McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence, Princeton University

    Robert P. George and Mary Ann Glendon
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    2010 Canterbury Medalist

    Robert P. George, McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence, Princeton University


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    2010 Canterbury Medal Dinner

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    2010 Canterbury Medal Dinner

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    2010 Canterbury Medal Dinner

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    2010 Canterbury Medal Dinner

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    2009 Canterbury Medalist

    Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, Archdiocese of Denver

    Archbishop Charles J. Chaput
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    2009 Canterbury Medal Dinner

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    2009 Canterbury Medal Dinner

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    2009 Canterbury Medal Dinner

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    2008 Canterbury Medalist 

    Governor Mitt Romney & Mrs. Ann Romney

    Romneys Receive Canterbury Medal
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    2008 Canterbury Medal Dinner

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    2008 Canterbury Medal Dinner

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    2008 Canterbury Medal Dinner

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    2008 Canterbury Medal Dinner

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    2007 Canterbury Medalist

    Carl A. Anderson, Knights of Columbus

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    2007 Canterbury Medal Dinner

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    2007 Canterbury Medal Dinner

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    2007 Canterbury Medal Dinner

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    2006 Canterbury Medalist

    Dr. John (Jack) Templeton, Templeton Foundation


    Dr. Templeton
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    2006 Canterbury Medalist

    Dr. John (Jack) Templeton, Templeton Foundation


    Dr. Templeton
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    2006 Canterbury Medal Dinner

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    2005 Canterbury Medal Dinner

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    2005 Canterbury Medalist

    James R. Nicholson, former United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs 

    James R. Nicholson
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    2005 Canterbury Medal Dinner

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    2005 Canterbury Medal Dinner

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    2005 Canterbury Medal Dinner

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    2004 Canterbury Medalists

    The John F. & Rhodora J. Donahue Family (Federated Investors)


    Donahue Family
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    2004 Canterbury Medalists

    The John F. & Rhodora J. Donahue Family (Federated Investors)

    Donahue Family
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    2004 Canterbury Medal Dinner

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    2004 Canterbury Medal Dinner

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    2003 Canterbury Medalist

    Mary Ann Glendon, Learned Hand Professor of Law (then), U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See (2008)

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    2003 Canterbury Medal Dinner 


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    2003 Canterbury Medal Dinner


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    2002 Canterbury Medalist

    Foster Friess, Friess Associates

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    2002 Canterbury Medal Dinner

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    2002 Canterbury Medal Dinner

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    2002 Canterbury Medal Dinner

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    2001 Canterbury Medalist

    Charles W. Colson, Prison Fellowship

    Charles W. Colson
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    2001 Canterbury Medalist

    Charles W. Colson, Prison Fellowship


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    2001 Canterbury Medal Dinner 

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    2001 Canterbury Medal Dinner

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    2000 Canterbury Medalist

    Rabbi Ronald B. Sobel, Temple Emanu-El, NYC (retired)

    Rabbi Ronald B. Sobel
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    1999 Canterbury Medalist

    Ted Forstmann, Forstmann & Little


    Ted Forstmann
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    1999 Canterbury Medal Dinner

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    1999 Canterbury Medal Dinner

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    1998 Canterbury Medalist 

    Elie Wiesel, Holocaust survivor & Nobel Laureate 

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    1998 Canterbury Medal Dinner



    Elie Wiesel
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    1998 Canterbury Medal Dinner


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    1997 Canterbury Medalist

    Bret Schundler, former mayor of Jersey City 


    Former Mayor Brett Schundler
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    1997 Canterbury Medal Dinner

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    1997 Canterbury Medal Dinner