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Men’s Rites Of Passage | May 13-17, 2025
Over 20 years ago, Richard Rohr and friends created a retreat experience in the wilderness that came to be known as the Men’s Rites of Passage (MROP). Today thousands of men all over the world continue to find these five days deeply transforming and life-giving. Is it your time?
What is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?
~Mary Oliver
Awakening men to their belovedness, so that they might love the world
Illuman was birthed out of the remarkable work of Richard Rohr, O.F.M., and has spread all over the world. Our Pacific Northwest community of men, in Oregon, Washington and British Columbia, are committed to living authentic, connected lives of love and service. We are fed by the wisdom traditions of forgiveness and radical inclusivity; we seek a life-changing spirituality, and we recognize the need to gather regularly to do our own inner work and to help others. We are part of a new generation of men’s work exploring true masculinity, honoring the beauty in all things, adopting ancient practices of nature, story, ritual, council, and imagery. ALL ARE WELCOME. Here are some ways to connect:
Do you long for the life you were meant to live?
Our Five Touchstones
centering | gathering | connecting | releasing | serving
- Centering: we are men grounded in the power of here and now
- Gathering: we are men who listen deeply to each other’s stories
- Connecting: we are men who choose to walk with – shoulder to shoulder
- Releasing: we are men who let go of the ways that no longer serve us
- Serving: we are men standing in solidarity with all, honoring the earth and being of loving service to all
May I have the courage today
John O’Donohue
To live the life that I would love,
To postpone my dream no longer
But do at last what I came here for
And waste my heart on fear no more.