Ralph Martin

President of Renewal Ministries

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 is the director of Graduate Theology Programs in the New Evangelization at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in the Archdiocese of Detroit. Ralph is also the author of 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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‘The Choices We Face’ Launches 2025 Season

by Renewal Ministries Staff | Feb 25, 2025 | Blog

This month, EWTN will begin airing the forty-first season of The Choices We Face. This highly acclaimed program is the longest-running Catholic television show in history! Each week, hosts Ralph Martin and Peter Herbeck explore important topics concerning the faith....

A Reflection on Hope

by Peter Herbeck | Feb 25, 2025 | Blog

Dear Friends, The theological virtue of hope is under attack. Nations shake with wars, economic crises, and political disruptions, and it’s tempting to get caught up in the cultural angst. Living with hope allows us to keep a proper detachment from worldly turmoil and...

Walking with the Lord in Suffering

by Pete Burak | Feb 25, 2025 | Blog

It’s understandable that St. Paul equates our journey to heaven with athletes competing in a race, because victory in athletics requires pain. As in sports, suffering in life is inevitable. In this fallen world, before the restoration and transformation of the Second...

The Four Last Things

by Ralph Martin | Feb 25, 2025 | Blog

Pope John Paul II said the Church cannot omit, without serious mutilation of her essential message, a constant catechesis on man’s Four Last Things: death, judgment, hell, and heaven. Knowing what comes after this earthly life can guide us in it. Beyond the mysterious...

Spreading the Gospel in Slovakia

by Tom Edwards | Feb 21, 2025 | Blog

We began our time in Slovakia with the annual two-day FIRE Rally. FIRE Rallies have been taking place in Slovakia since 1995. FIRE stands for Faith, Intercession, Repentance, and Evangelization—themes that remain very much at the heart of the rallies. The wave of...

Thank You, Sr. Ann Shields!

by Renewal Ministries Staff | Feb 14, 2025 | Blog

Sr. Ann Shields, SGL, recently retired from her radio program and podcast Food for the Journey. Below, we've shared some expressions of gratitude written by her many supporters. First is a brief reflection (edited for length) shared by Jess Maciborski, director of...

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