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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‘A Life in the Spirit’: The Wrecker is Coming

by Ralph Martin | Jul 26, 2024 | Blog, Ralph Martin

Read an excerpt from Ralph Martin's new memoir, A Life in the Spirit, below! One night I was walking back to my room after attending a weird, dark, off-campus party, and I saw a tow truck drive by. It was the only vehicle on the road in the dark morning hours. I...

Spreading the Gospel in Rwanda

by Nancy Greenhaw | Jul 20, 2024 | Blog, Uncategorized

Our mission in Rwanda began in the Gikongoro Diocese with a beautiful celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal. Lloyd spoke about the promises of the Jubilee and applying those promises to our lives. He concluded by inviting the...

Stepping Out in Faith

by Anthony Feola | Jul 12, 2024 | Blog

“Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place which he was to receive as an inheritance; and he went out, not knowing where he was to go” (Heb 11:1,8). The biblical...

Thankful to Serve

by Ralph Martin | Jul 5, 2024 | Blog, Ralph Martin

Dear Friends, Each day brings a new adventure, a new challenge, a new invitation, doesn’t it? What will the Lord place in my path today? How can I be alert to what God is giving me to do? What will the challenge of the day be? To resist temptation? To love? To...

Living Sacrifices

by Ralph Martin | Jun 28, 2024 | Uncategorized

True worship is not just prayer time but obedient service with our whole life. Jesus says, “If you love me, you will keep my commandments” (Jn 14:15). And Romans 12:1 exhorts us, “I appeal to you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a...

The Truth About Vatican II and the Charismatic Renewal

by Renewal Ministries Staff | Jun 22, 2024 | Blog

Ralph Martin (RM), Dr. Mary Healy (MH), Peter Herbeck (PH), and Pete Burak (PB) recently discussed Vatican II, the Catholic Charismatic Renewal (CCR), and growing attacks on both. The condensed talk is below; the full discussion can be viewed here. The Importance of...

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