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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Road to Liberation: A False Gospel

by Peter Herbeck | Jan 10, 2018 | Featured Authors, Peter Herbeck

The suppression of the truth about God in our day is fueled by a false gospel that goes something like this: Man has come of age. With fantastic advances in science and technology, he now has the power to shape his own existence and overcome all obstacles that stand...

Fr. Francis Martin: Humble Man and Spiritual Giant

by Renewal Ministries Staff | Jan 4, 2018 | Uncategorized

Fr. Francis Martin was a great Scripture scholar, preacher, and long-time friend of Renewal Ministries. He was the priest who supervised Ralph Martin's Licentiate in Sacred Theology thesis at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, DC. We came across the...

How Does God Reveal Himself through You?

by Sister Ann Shields | Jan 1, 2018 | Featured Authors

The following letter originally was sent last January to members of Friends of Food for the Journey, which you can learn more about here. Dear Brothers and Sisters, It's a new year! When we think of new, we usually apply that word to a new dress, suit, shoes, new car,...

Practical Steps to “Grow & Go”

by Renewal Ministries Staff | Dec 29, 2017 | Uncategorized

As we near the end of this year, it is worth looking at how we have grown in our relationship with Christ and meditate on what we might be able to do in the coming year to not only draw closer to Him, but to draw others to him as well. The Catholic Diocese of Lansing...

Symposium Honors Fr. Solanus Casey’s Legacy

by Renewal Ministries Staff | Dec 22, 2017 | Uncategorized

In preparation for Fr. Solanus Beatification, Sacred Heart Major Seminary hosted presentations by faculty and guest speakers. This post was originally written by Maggie Doyle for the Sacred Heart Major Seminary Mosaic blog on November 20, 2017. Sacred Heart Major...

Calling on Mary in the Rosary

by Renewal Ministries Staff | Dec 21, 2017 | Featured Authors

In Renewal Ministries' January 2018 newsletter, Country Coordinator Lloyd Greenhaw outlines "A Survival Plan for 2018 and Beyond," that you can read here. In it, he mentions the unique ways in which he invokes Mary's intercession while praying the rosary. We are...

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