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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Surrendering to the Spirit

by Fr. Paul Sciberras | Feb 6, 2020 | Blog, Featured Authors

This article originally appeared in Renewal Ministries' February 2020 newsletter. Ralph Martin was introduced to Fr. Paul Sciberras while speaking at a priests’ retreat in Malta. In this testimony, Fr. Paul, head of the Department of Sacred Scripture, Hebrew and...

Hungarian Conference: ‘Jesus is Life!’

by Renewal Ministries Staff | Jan 16, 2020 | Featured Authors

By Deacon Zoli Kunszabo Arrival We were looking forward to this weekend with Jim Murphy, then-president of International Catholic Charismatic Renewal Services, my fellow country coordinator from Renewal Ministries, and a dear friend, one of the most authentic...

A Biblical Perspective on Marriage

by Dr. Mary Healy | Jan 7, 2020 | Featured Authors

This article originally appeared on the Archdiocese of Detroit's website Unleash the Gospel. From beginning to end, the Bible is one great love story. The very first human words in Scripture are Adam’s outburst of joy at seeing Eve, his bride, for the first time:...

Family Life in the Domestic Church

by Debbie Herbeck | Jan 3, 2020 | Featured Authors

This article originally appeared on the Archdiocese of Detroit's website Unleash the Gospel. Thirty-three years ago, united in the sacrament of marriage, Peter and I began an exciting and mysterious adventure. We charted a course for our life that wasn’t based on...

‘Walk by the Spirit’ in the Year Ahead

by Peter Herbeck | Jan 2, 2020 | Featured Authors

This letter originally appeared in Renewal Ministries' January 2020 newsletter. Dear Brothers and Sisters, Ralph has asked me to share a few thoughts about a resolution we can make that has the potential to yield abundant fruit in the year ahead! This is the time of...

Resting in Confident Expectation

by Tom Edwards | Dec 20, 2019 | Featured Authors

This article originally appeared in The Proclaimer newsletter for Tom Edwards Evangelistic Society, Inc. By Tom Edwards, Renewal Ministries' Country Coordinator "Be still and know that I am God! I am exalted among the nations, exalted on the earth." (Ps 46:11) The...

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