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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Thinking Straight

by Peter Herbeck | Jul 6, 2018 | Peter Herbeck

Have you ever felt like your mind was under siege? It happened to me this morning. I woke up, as I typically do, about 5:45 a.m. Morning light began to break through the window with the promise of a beautiful summer day. As I lay there, the thought of large tuition...

Evangelization’s Essential Ingredient

by Pete Burak | Jun 29, 2018 | Pete Burak, Uncategorized

The following is an excerpt from Game Changer by Pete Burak, director of i.d.9:16, Renewal Ministries' young adult outreach. Ignoring or minimizing the Holy Spirit’s role in the New Evangelization is like setting out to make fresh bread by gathering all the...

Encouragement in a Culture of Rebellion

by Renewal Ministries Staff | Jun 22, 2018 | Uncategorized

The following article written by Msgr. Charles Pope was originally published in the Archdiocese of Washington Blog. This week in daily Mass we read of the struggles of Elijah the Prophet, who spent his life fighting the influence of the Canaanite god Baal in Israel....

Happy Father’s Day to Our Father in Heaven!

by Renewal Ministries Staff | Jun 15, 2018 | Uncategorized

The following post was originally written by Rachel Herbeck for the Be Love Revolution blog June 13th, 2018. What do you think Jesus will get God the Father for Father’s Day? A Father-Son fishing trip to Alaska? I know, I know, they probably don’t celebrate Father’s...

Reflection: Rooted in Jesus

by Renewal Ministries Staff | Jun 8, 2018 | Uncategorized

The following was taken from a letter written by Peter Williamson in response to a talk by Sr. Ann Shields given June 3, 2018. (If you click the link to listen to the talk, we recommend jumping over the first two minutes.) Wasn’t it great to hear Sr. Ann Shields speak...

Never Lose Hope

by Renewal Ministries Staff | May 25, 2018 | Uncategorized

The following article originally appeared in the newsletter of Renewal Ministries’ Country Coordinators Don and Pat Turbitt. Their daughter, Lisa Turbitt Cunha, passed away at age fifty-four on April 1, after a three-and-a-half year battle with breast cancer. She is...

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