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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A Prayer for Troubled Catholics

by Renewal Ministries Staff | Sep 21, 2018 | Featured Authors

The following prayer was shared with us after the release of Ralph Martin’s letter Dear Troubled Catholics. By Susan Domen Heavenly Father, we praise you! You are goodness and love, you are holy and perfect! We come to you, Father, with heavy hearts, looking to You...

Remembering Fr. Tom Forrest

by Gary Seromik | Sep 17, 2018 | Featured Authors

Fr. Tom Forrest, a Redemptorist priest, a worldwide leader of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal, a passionate proponent of the New Evangelization, and a beloved friend and brother of several of us here at Renewal Ministries, passed away on July 16, 2018, just two days...

A Time of Decision: Ireland’s Vote and the Prophecies of Pope John Paul II

by Peter Herbeck | Sep 7, 2018 | Peter Herbeck, Prophecy

The Following article originally appeared in the Renewal Ministries' August 2018 newsletter. “If you would like to visit a place where the symptoms of the sickness of our time are found near their furthest limits, come to Ireland. Here you will see a civilization in...

How Does God Want Us to Pray?

by Sister Ann Shields | Sep 5, 2018 | Sister Ann Shields

The following article is from a talk Sr. Ann Shields gave at a Word of God Community prayer meeting. It can also be found in our Renewal Ministries' September 2018 newsletter. Our intercession is pivotal to the graces, power, and love that God wants to give His...

Hope for the Future: Holding Clerics to a Higher Standard

by Renewal Ministries Staff | Aug 31, 2018 | Uncategorized

We want to share with you the following reflections from a recent bulletin article by Fr. Steve Mattson, from Church of the Resurrection in Lansing, Michigan. Reflections on the Ordination of a Bishop Later today (Wednesday), a good priest friend of mine, Monsignor...

A Time of Judgment and Purification

by Renewal Ministries Staff | Aug 24, 2018 | Featured Authors

The following prophecy, given by Fr. Michael Scanlan, was shared in a New Covenant magazine article by Kevin and Dorothy Ranaghan in May of 1980. Its words continue to ring true today. One member of our staff responded to the prophecy with these words: “This is very...

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