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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The Power of Saying Yes

by Ralph Martin | Feb 25, 2023 | Blog, Featured Authors

Faithful Friends, As Renewal Ministries travels to the four corners of the world by mission, multiple medias, and local and regional evangelization, we are borne up by your love, prayers, and financial giving—and have been for more than forty years! Your “yes” to the...

What is God’s Will for You?

by Ralph Martin | Feb 3, 2023 | Blog

What is God's will for your life? The Lord has told us some amazing things: He wills our happiness. He wills our salvation. He wills eternal life for us. He wills to bring us back to the Father's house. He wills to open the gates of paradise for us. He wills to help...

What I Saw Beyond the Clouds

by Ralph Martin | Jan 20, 2023 | Blog

Every summer, I teach an intensive course at Sacred Heart Major Seminary. During that time, I make a forty-minute drive into Detroit every day. I teach a three-hour class in the morning and a two-hour class in the afternoon. Sometimes, my prayer time is a little...

Live a Full Life

by Sr. Lucia Christi | Jan 14, 2023 | Blog, Uncategorized

This article is abridged from id’s November Disciples’ Night. The original talk can be viewed here. By Sr. Lucia Christi, SV Jesus “came that they may have life and have it more abundantly” (Jn 10:10). He teaches us how to live life to the full: Receive the gift of...

Finding Hope in the New Year

by Ralph Martin | Jan 5, 2023 | Blog, Uncategorized

Dear Brothers and Sisters, Happy New Year! Some of you may be wondering how I can speak of a happy new year when there is plenty to be unhappy about. And indeed, there is. But as Christians, we know that Jesus has already triumphed over all evil. Even though things...

Thank you, Pope Benedict XVI!

by Patti Mansfield | Jan 2, 2023 | Blog, Featured Authors, Uncategorized

On June 3, 2006, the Pontifical Council for the Laity asked me to thank Pope Benedict XVI on behalf of all the movements in the Church. There were 400,000 people from all the ecclesial movements gathered in St. Peter’s Square to meet with the pope. My words to him are...

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