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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Culture in Crisis

by Peter Herbeck | Nov 7, 2017 | Peter Herbeck, Prophecy

"There is some dark chaos in the air." These words by Rod Dreher, in the American Conservative blog on August 18, 2017, recently caught my eye. Dreher is the author of the much-talked about book, The Benedict Option. The blog post was a reflection on the polarized and...

When Compromise is Not the Loving Choice

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

This article originally appeared in the Archdiocese of Washington blog Community in Mission. By Msgr. Charles Pope St. Paul writes this in today’s reading from the Letter to the Romans: “I am not ashamed of the gospel. It is the power of God for the salvation of...

Parish Evangelization Efforts Bear Fruit

by Renewal Ministries Staff | Oct 17, 2017 | Featured Authors, Uncategorized

This article originally appeared in The B.C. Catholic. Msgr. Greg Smith is a member of Renewal Ministries' Canadian Board of Directors. By AGNIESZKA KRAWCZYNSKI One hundred people turned up for a weekly faith study at Christ the Redeemer Parish, a sign pastor Msgr....

The Fatima Children’s Wholehearted ‘Yes’

by Ralph Martin | Oct 13, 2017 | Featured Authors

Today, on the one-hundredth anniversary of the final Fatima apparition, I want to share with you about my recent time in Fatima, where I spoke to a capacity audience of 2,300 people. Thankfully, Anne was able to join me, as the organizers invited her and paid her way,...

God Wants to Bring Us Home

by Debbie Herbeck | Oct 10, 2017 | Featured Authors

This post originally appeared as a daily devotional on the website Blessed is She. Friday of the Twenty-sixth Week in Ordinary Time Reading 1 Bar 1:15-22 During the Babylonian captivity, the exiles prayed: "Justice is with the Lord, our God; and we today are flushed...

Spreading the Gospel in Vietnam

by Renewal Ministries Staff | Oct 6, 2017 | Featured Authors

This article originally appeared in Renewal Ministries' October 2017 newsletter. You can learn about our missions outreach here. By Don Turbitt, Renewal Ministries' Country Coordinator to Vietnam Due to government restrictions in the past, there has been a shortage of...

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