If you're organizing a men's retreat, a parish conference, or a weekend workshop, you're trying to do something that most programs get wrong: give men something real to work with, not just content to consume. That's what Fr. Michael's retreats are built for.

The material draws on the patristic tradition, classical virtue ethics, and Robert Moore's account of masculine psychology, sources that complement each other in ways that aren't obvious until you see them together. The format is interactive: presentations, small group exercises, and structured discussion that lets men do the work rather than watch it being done.

Fr. Michael has spoken at parish men's retreats, business and men's health conferences, mastermind groups, and one-day seminars. He brings his own handout materials. He is comfortable with Orthodox-specific audiences and with broader Christian or secular men's development audiences.