🔥 2026 ILLINOIS MEN'S RITES OF PASSAGE INITIATOR PROGRAM 🔥

Dive Deeper Into Your Journey

If you’ve already completed your Men’s Rites of Passage (MROP) but want to go deeper in your experience, the Initiator Program is for you.

Offered in conjunction with the Men’s Rites of Passage retreats, this program is not a repetition of your initial MROP, but a chance for the initiated man to deepen his journey while walking alongside and holding the initiation experience of other men.

What To Expect

Reworked in 2023, most participants report that the Initiator Program is an even more intense and profound experience than their first MROP. 

The Initiator Program runs parallel to the MROP, at the same time and place. The difference? As an Initiator, you’ll have your own rituals and rhythms unique to the offering. This includes the option for an overnight solo, extending your day on the land to almost 24 hours. In addition, you’ll have the space to create a personal ceremony for yourself to honor and support the inner work you’re currently tending.  

Initiators hold sacred spiritual space at each ritual and teaching, offering presence and solidarity with new initiates who are doing their rites for the first time. Taking this in for a second or third time greatly deepens the understanding and impact of your previous rites. Each day you will have a guided chance to reflect, hold silence, and spend time in nature. You’ll give prayerful strength and support to the MROP organizing team, and to the men being initiated, and you’ll participate in new rituals designed for the initiator program.

Dates: Wednesday, August 12-Sunday, August 16, 2026

Location: Pilgrim Park Camp and Conference Center
Cost: $750 (scholarship assistance available)

Contact: Illuman of Illinois Conveners