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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Catholic Teacher Fired After Sharing Ralph Martin’s Letter

by Renewal Ministries Staff | Oct 16, 2018 | Featured Authors

This article originally appeared on Life Site News' website, which you can view here. By Doug Mainwaring A Catholic school religion teacher has been fired for sharing an article with her students and their parents mentioning the “homosexual scandal” involved in the...

Catholic Church Experiences Renewal in Brazil

by Ralph Martin | Oct 13, 2018 | Featured Authors

The following letter about Ralph Martin's recent time in Brazil originally appeared in Renewal Ministries' October newsletter. Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, It's amazing how many of us associated with Renewal Ministries have been asked to serve in Brazil over...

Are These Prophetic ‘End Times’?

by Renewal Ministries Staff | Oct 4, 2018 | Featured Authors

This article originally appeared in the National Catholic Register. You can view it here. By Judy Roberts Under the sobering headline, “A Time of Judgment and Purification,” Ann Arbor, Michigan-based Renewal Ministries published a decades-old message in its July...

What is God Speaking to Your Heart?

by Renewal Ministries Staff | Oct 3, 2018 | Featured Authors

We shared the following reflections on Facebook, and even though it is not a typical blog post, we want to share them here as well. It is so beautiful to see the myriad ways in which God speaks to and leads each one of us, all with the same goal of drawing us closer...

Spreading the Gospel in Rwanda

by Renewal Ministries Staff | Sep 28, 2018 | Featured Authors

By Nancy Greenhaw Leadership Training Our mission in Rwanda began with a week of teaching Charismatic leaders, including three priests, from all of Rwanda’s nine dioceses. The participants were very involved and asked many questions that revealed their understanding...

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...

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