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 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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Weekly Inspiration: Placing Ourselves at the Feet of Christ

by Steve Norman | May 16, 2025 | Blog

The middle school boys in our discipleship programs recently examined the narrative of Lazarus being raised from the dead. The more we dove into the story, the more I noticed Mary of Bethany’s amazing witness to Christian discipleship. Steeped in grief, Mary falls at...

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by Heather Schultz | May 9, 2025 | Blog

In my kitchen hangs a painting of a farmer. He holds a pumpkin in one arm and bends down to pick another one from the field. The corn stands tall behind him, and chickens wander past a nearby shed. My husband has always loved the image, which was painted by his...

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by Jim Murphy | Apr 28, 2025 | Blog

For several years, we have collaborated on an annual mission trip to Mexico with St. Paul Seminary, the major seminary for the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis. This year, our team traveled with nineteen seminarians and two priests. While in Mexico, our primary...

The Call to Holiness

by Ralph Martin | Apr 28, 2025 | Blog, Ralph Martin

Holiness is not just a good idea or an optional extra. God commands each of us to be holy because He is holy (see Lv 11:44-45, 19:2, 20:7, 20:26). To be in union with Him, something must change in us. When Moses asks to see the Lord, God responds that “man shall not...

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by Peter Herbeck | Apr 28, 2025 | Blog, Peter Herbeck

On a sunny Saturday morning in early February, my wife, Debbie, and I were enjoying a quiet ride home to Ann Arbor from Grand Rapids, Michigan. The evening before, we had the privilege of speaking at a gala marriage event for more than two hundred Catholic couples. My...

Brazil Mission Reveals Shared Heart for Christ

by Pete Burak | Apr 25, 2025 | Blog

Isn’t it fun when you meet someone and realize they have a common friend or shared experience? In those moments, we often marvel, “Small world, isn’t it?” Rachel Herbeck and I recently completed a whirlwind mission to Brazil, and this was a common refrain throughout...

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