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Ralph Martin

President of Renewal Ministries

Email rmartin@renewalministries.net

Ralph Martin is the president of Renewal Ministries and the host of the weekly Catholic television program The Choices We Face. He holds a doctorate in theology and has just completed twenty-three years as the director of Graduate Theology Programs in the New Evangelization at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in the Archdiocese of Detroit. Ralph is the author of A Life in the Spirit: A Memoir and the widely read A Church in Crisis: Pathways Forward and The Fulfillment of All Desire: A Guidebook for the Journey to God Based on the Wisdom of the Saints.

Ralph and his wife, Anne, reside in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and have six children and nineteen grandchildren.

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India Mission Off to a Great Start!

by Renewal Ministries Staff | Jan 12, 2017 | Uncategorized

We have the first report in from the team that left for India last week on a nearly three-week-long mission! Below, Anne Martin (Ralph’s wife) shares her perspective on the team’s time there so far. This report arrived late Monday evening. What a busy time...

Ralph Martin Recalls Fr. Scanlan’s Support

by Renewal Ministries Staff | Jan 11, 2017 | Featured Authors

President Emeritus of the Franciscan University of Steubenville Father Michael Scanlan, TOR, passed away Jan. 7. According to the university, “His leadership as president transformed Franciscan University from a struggling regional college into a world-renowned...

Ralph Martin Leaves for India Today

by Renewal Ministries Staff | Jan 4, 2017 | Featured Authors

                      Dear Partners in the Gospel, Your support is making possible a really significant mission to India, beginning today. We have our visas, we have our inoculations against typhoid and Hepatitis...

In Times of Struggle, Don’t Put Limits on God

by Renewal Ministries Staff | Jan 1, 2017 | Featured Authors

This article originally appeared in the January 2017 Renewal Ministries newsletter. More than one-hundred young adults recently attended the i.d.9:16 Summit on Heartbreak: Embracing Holy Discontent. The Summit is an annual weekend retreat that inspires and empowers...

Friends of Food for the Journey

by Renewal Ministries Staff | Dec 29, 2016 | Featured Authors, Uncategorized

Have you heard about Friends of Food for the Journey? You can learn more about it here. Below is a small excerpt from the first email message Sr. Ann will be sending to her supporters, on Jan. 1. (Although new subscribers may receive the letter slightly after that...
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