"I had my doubts about joining Into the Wilderness, mostly because of past experiences with bible studies and such that just seemed to fizzle out. Into the Wilderness was a highly engaging exercise of faith, introspection and perseverance that kept me focused and wanting more. I learned a lot and am very grateful that I was asked to participate."

"ITW was great! It was a great way to be very intentional with Lent and to be both built up and challenged by other men who are striving to live their lives for Christ. ITW really convicted me that prayer becomes so much more fruitful when paired with real self-sacrifice and fasting--I definitely want to fast more even outside of Lent now because of it. I also found it more spiritually edifying than Exodus 90 usually is for me. Highly recommend!"

"Into the Wilderness proved to be the most intentional and enlightening men's program that I have ever gone through. Matt's attention to detail and knowledge of both psychology and the spiritual life proved to be so helpful for us men as we learned about male archetypes and virtue and how we are called to embody them. I can't recommend this program enough to every Catholic man!"

"Into the Wilderness was amazing, I’d highly recommend it to all men no matter their age, state in life, or current prayer life. There is something here for everyone that will help on the journey to authentic masculinity as sons of the Father."

"ITW was a very eye opening experience. It was very inconvenient to do this program and for me it's what made it so powerful. Everyday I had a tough goal to reach and a group of men to hold me accountable each step of the way. I enjoyed the challenges of being intentional with the daily scriptures and reflections along with the fasting."

"Because of the Into the Wilderness program, this was the most impactful Lent I’ve ever experienced. I learned how to more intentionally pray with the Scriptures and incorporate prayer into my daily routine. My biggest takeaway was learning all about the parts of my masculine heart and the way God invites me to live those parts out daily, especially in rediscovering the cowboy in myself."

"It was a very well done program. Matt does a great job and is very knowledgeable in all of the topics. I enjoyed the videos and readings for each week and the Lord seemed to speak through them."

"ITW was truly a great experience to come closer to the Father’s heart for me and to journey along with fellow brothers in Christ. The teaching is authentically Catholic and rooted in our identity as priests, prophets, and kings!"

"Into the wilderness was a guided experience into a more human life. A practical way to build habits of things we should be doing anyways, along with a few extra Lenten practices. The weekly pdfs and group meetings helps keep accountability and organization. I felt like I was able to deepen my relationship with God, self, and others through prayer, reflection, and detachment."

"Into the wilderness helped me to look at the time of lent much less as an irritating time where I have to not do something I like for a month and a half. It actually helped me realize that it is a time where I am given an opportunity to offer something more to the Lord. In the different sacrifices, fasts, and devotions that we went through, it helped me to see both my weaknesses and my strengths, to see how the Lord lives in me. And it also helped me to practice how I can live the rest of my life with Christ. There are many of the practices that we did that I will be continuing on with even after lent has ended, like a personally written covenant said every morning, a time of silent solitude per day, intermittent fasting and others as well that I can now find meaning in. To summarize I guess ITW has helped me to fall in love with my Lord, and how to live in that relationship, and I couldn’t recommend it any more."

"ITW helped me step back and appreciate the little things in life. Going for a walk, drinking coffee, talking with my wife. Eating meals. It also helped me connect with the scripture and rely on it for daily advice on how to live my life. I am a better man for having gone through the program, I feel connected with other Catholic men across the country and I would do it again."

"Into the Wilderness did a great job of implementing the aesthetics of the different masculine archetypes in practical and fruitful ways. I was also impressed with the use of Scripture in relation to it better connecting us with the archetypes for each week"

"Into The Wilderness delivers the comradery of a men's group (however long the distance). Together navigating a structured and thoughtful program such as ITW gives a man in the modern world a place to stand, while he builds upon his Catholic identity. It gives him the opportunity to share himself, his triumphs and failings with likeminded men seeking and offering accountably, and acceptance as a man growing in Christ. It is the good exercise of the soul we seek as individuals on the same team!"

"ITW is a great way to structure your lent. I very much enjoyed the way each week truly built on the previous weeks and how directed the prayers and disciplines were."

"I would say that the ITW program feels like going with Jesus and the disciples into the wilderness to dig deep into oneself and firmly establish some serious communication with Christ. The other disciples will help you form a type of tangible camaraderie that will help keep you grounded as you dive into things with the Lord that perhaps you always subconsciously avoided or were wounded by. You are going to be cold, hungry, with no habitual distractions to escape to. In this state, you will feel the need to bare everything before God in unconditional surrender to His Will, and He will noticeably test your resolve!  But at the end, it will all be so worth it, you will more clearly have a relationship with God and feel free."

"I did not want to do this program but my friend dragged me into it. However, it was rewarding and I highly recommend."

"Great program it will 100% help you with your faith, relationships and life in general."

"It was a great way to dive deeper into lent and grow both as a man and spiritually, as well as setting up a good structure for prayer life continuing forward."

"I enjoyed walking with other men as we learn about the archetypes of manhood. It was refreshing to journey with others who are searching for the same things."

"This program is an excellent place to begin the masculine journey as both an exploration of your own heart and a beginning to diving into fraternal intimacy. It gives a practical expression to the concept of becoming the man you want to be and ultimately becoming like Christ. I highly recommend it to any man who has an ache to discover their own heart and live their masculinity but doesn't know where to begin or how to go deeper."

"The main highlights of ITW for me were the meetings/calls with my hunting partner and the evening prayer and conversation with other guys in the weekly meetings. For us men to lead a holy life, we really benefit from and need accountability. Another point is that it can be easy to renounce certain bad habits/behaviors, but being completely detached is a different story and takes a lifetime of perseverance, a daily deliberate choice. The good habits that we want to practice need to be permanent, and are not guaranteed. In other words, we need to be growing, because if we are not growing,  then we must be stagnating, and therefore dying."