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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Accompaniment: Important but Insufficient

by Pete Burak | Oct 3, 2019 | Featured Authors

This article originally appeared in Renewal Ministries' October 2019 newsletter. Friendship is a universal desire and one of God’s great gifts to humanity. Preaching the Gospel and making disciples can seem intimidating, only for the very wise and holy, or even...

Archbishop Chaput Cautions Faithful Regarding Fr. James Martin’s Claims

by Peter Herbeck | Sep 21, 2019 | Featured Authors

Dear Readers, We want to encourage you to visit CatholicPhilly.com to read a statement issued by Archbishop Charles Chaput, OFM Cap, yesterday regarding some of the claims of Fr. James Martin, SJ. We believe Chaput is the first major archbishop in the US to publicly...

Our Manifesto: A Look Forward

by Ralph Martin | Sep 14, 2019 | Featured Authors

This article originally appeared in Renewal Ministries' September 2019 newsletter. In our July newsletter, we published Cardinal Mueller’s “Manifesto,” which so clearly reaffirmed important truths of our faith that have been surrounded with fog and confusion, even in...

A Father Who Waits

by Debbie Herbeck | Aug 22, 2019 | Blog, Featured Authors

This article originally appeared on the Be Love Revolution blog. I’ve noticed in my own life how easy it is to relate to God as Someone who wants something from me—like an employer, a landlord, or a coach—and my “job” is to earn the right to be loved and accepted by...

Bishop Witnesses Conversion in Ethiopia

by Renewal Ministries Staff | Aug 18, 2019 | Featured Authors, Uncategorized

This article originally appeared in Renewal Ministries' August 2019 newsletter. By Heather Schultz, Renewal Ministries' Editor Bishop Lesanu-Christos Matheos, of the Eparchy of Bahir Dar-Dessir in Ethiopia, recently visited the Renewal Ministries’ offices. He was in...

Walking with God’s Word

by Renewal Ministries Staff | Aug 12, 2019 | Uncategorized

This article originally appeared online on the Archdiocese of Omaha's "Catholic Voice Online." By Connie Rossini, for Catholic Voice Online Peter Herbeck heard the call to serve God full-time when he was in college. At first he thought this likely meant a vocation to...

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