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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Homosexual Acts Cannot Move Us Closer to God

by Renewal Ministries Staff | May 11, 2019 | Featured Authors

This article originally appeared online at The National Catholic Register. By Msgr. Charles Pope In recent remarks, Pete Buttigieg, Democratic presidential candidate and mayor of South Bend, Indiana, remarked that his same-sex “marriage” to Chasten Glezman has brought...

Be Love Revolution Joins Renewal Ministries’ Family

by Renewal Ministries Staff | May 10, 2019 | Featured Authors

In January, Renewal Ministries welcomed Be Love Revolution (BLR) into its family. Be Love Revolution is an outreach primarily to high-school-aged young women that is led by Debbie Herbeck and a team of young adult women with hearts for serving the next generation. “I...

Peter Thompson: Answering the Call

by Renewal Ministries Staff | Apr 12, 2019 | Featured Authors

Peter Thompson recently retired as Renewal Ministries’ country coordinator to Kenya, after more than twenty-one years of serving on Renewal Ministries’ mission trips and fifteen years as a country coordinator. Peter is retiring, because he will celebrate his eightieth...

‘Let Your Faith Rise Up’

by Renewal Ministries Staff | Mar 30, 2019 | Featured Authors

By Al Mansfield Just over a year ago, I was praying. I was very concerned about some things in the Church, in our country, and in the world. I admit that I was feeling somewhat discouraged and lacking in faith and hope. Then I was surprised to sense the Lord speaking...

Does Today’s Church Lack Genuine Mercy?

by Renewal Ministries Staff | Mar 23, 2019 | Featured Authors

This article originally appeared on CatholicCulture.org. You can view it here. By Dr. Jeff Mirus Writing about the minor prophets on Tuesday, I mentioned this famous passage from Hosea: “I desire mercy and not sacrifice, the knowledge of God, rather than burnt...

‘Dear Troubled Catholics’ Continued: Persevere in Prayer

by Ralph Martin | Mar 20, 2019 | Featured Authors

The following article originally appeared in Renewal Ministries' March 2019 newsletter, which you can view here. Very Dear Brothers and Sisters, As the spiritual battle increases in intensity both in the Church and in the world, those who are diligently persevering in...

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