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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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...

Ethiopia Mission Reaches University Students, Gumuz Tribe

by Renewal Ministries Staff | Aug 10, 2019 | Featured Authors, Uncategorized

This article originally appeared in Renewal Ministries' August 2019 newsletter. By Nancy Greenhaw, Renewal Ministries' Country Coordinator The bishop has been so happy with the results of our visits with his university students that he asked us to give them another...

God’s Word on Sex

by Joey McCoy | Aug 3, 2019 | Featured Authors

This article is condensed from a talk Joey McCoy recently gave at an i.d.9:16 Disciples’ Night. It originally appeared in Renewal Ministries' August 2019 newsletter. By Joey McCoy It’s easy to walk through life believing human beings are the center of everything. But...

What the Spirit is Saying to the Church Today

by Peter Herbeck | Aug 1, 2019 | Featured Authors

This letter originally appeared in Renewal Ministries' August 2019 newsletter. Dear Friends, We're living through challenging times. Even in the midst of this season of “severe mercy” that has come upon the Church, we have much to celebrate. It is the Lord who is...

The Fulfillment of All Desire

by Renewal Ministries Staff | Jul 26, 2019 | Featured Authors

This abridged article originally appeared on Canadian Board Member Msgr. Gregory Smith’s blog on the Feast of Corpus Christi. It can be viewed here. This article also appeared in Renewal Ministries’ July 2019 newsletter. By Msgr. Gregory Smith It was a great joy to...

Why Do Catholics Confess to a Priest?

by Renewal Ministries Staff | Jul 16, 2019 | Featured Authors

By John Kowalski I’ve often wondered why, when asked the question “Why do Catholics confess to a priest?”, most clergy and apologists seem to skip over the simplest and most important reason: the Eucharist. Regardless of the denomination of the sinner, sin offends...

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