April 23, 2024: Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke

Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke is among the archived NYMLF breakfast sessions

Born in 1948 in Richland Center, Wisconsin, Raymond Leo Burke attended seminary in La Crosse, Wisconsin, Washington, D.C., and Rome, where he was ordained a priest by Pope Saint Paul VI in 1975. Ordained a bishop in 1995 by Pope Saint John Paul II, he served for almost nine years as Bishop of La Crosse, where he founded the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe, and over four years as Archbishop of St. Louis. He was named a cardinal in 2010 by Pope Benedict XVI. Cardinal Burke has written and spoken widely on Roman Catholic canon law, the Holy Eucharist, devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, devotion to Our Lady of Guadalupe, and the sanctity of human life. He is a member of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura.

March 19, 2024: Harrison Butker, 3X Super Bowl Champion Kicker, Kansas City Chiefs

Harrison Butker is among the archived NYMLF breakfast sessions

Having completed his seventh season, and third Super Bowl victory, with the Kansas City Chiefs, Harrison Butker is both a leading point scorer and an anchor to windward for his dynasty-building team. Harrison is equally notable for his performance off the field as a husband, father, entrepreneur, and vocally faithful Catholic. Harrison took social media by viral storm in 2023 as a commencement speaker when his countercultural advice to graduates at his alma mater, Georgia Tech, was "get married and start a family." He is a public defender of human life, traditional marriage, and the greater restoration of our nation and culture—both as a prominent athlete and a business founder through his company, MDKeller.

December 12, 2017: J.J. Hanson

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The board of directors of the New York Men’s Leadership Forum is deeply grieved to share the announcement of the passing of J.J. Hanson: a son, husband, father, and tireless advocate for the dignity of the human person in his work against assisted suicide.

J.J. was unable to join us as a speaker in December due to growing health complications, and passed away on Saturday, December 30, 2017. We are grateful for his enduring spirit, witness, and testimony. He will be sorely missed.

Below, you’ll find a final testimony from J.J. and his wife, Kristen, taped three weeks prior to his passing.