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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Rwanda Team Visits Our Lady of Kibeho

by Renewal Ministries Staff | Mar 31, 2017 | Featured Authors

Renewal Ministries recently sent a mission team to Rwanda, led by Country Coordinators Lloyd and Nancy Greenhaw. The team's time with Fr. Ubald Rugirangoga was featured in our April newsletter, which you can view here. Below, you can read about another beautiful...

Ralph Martin Reflects on Golden Jubilee

by Renewal Ministries Staff | Mar 30, 2017 | Featured Authors, Uncategorized

The Golden Jubilee of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal is approaching! Ralph Martin will be among the speakers in Rome from May 29 through June 4. Below, you can hear his meditation on Luke 14-15, in preparation for the celebration. He shares his own experience of...

Gathering: Grow Faith, Build Community

by Heather Schultz | Mar 28, 2017 | Featured Authors

Last year was my first time at the Gathering. It came at a rather difficult season of my life. One month earlier, my unborn daughter had died at eighteen weeks' gestation, and I was still recovering, both physically and emotionally. But, as I think He does for just...

Open the Door to Welcome Others

by Renewal Ministries Staff | Mar 26, 2017 | Featured Authors, Uncategorized

This post originally appeared on i.d.9:16's blog. By Ali Hoffman I hate New Year’s resolutions. I’m horrible at them. For me, they fade away into oblivion sometime mid-February (or let’s be real, mid-January) and overall I feel like a failure even when it hasn’t even...

Malaysia is Waking Up!

by Renewal Ministries Staff | Mar 23, 2017 | Featured Authors, Uncategorized

The following account first appeared in Sr. Emmanuel Maillard’s December 2016 newsletter from Medjugorje. It also was reprinted in Renewal Ministries' March 2017 newsletter. Ralph Martin said of it, “What an amazing account of God’s action, written by our good friend!...

Consider Motives When Serving Others

by Sister Ann Shields | Mar 14, 2017 | Featured Authors, Uncategorized

The following article by Sr. Ann Shields originally appeared in the March 2017 issue of Faith, a magazine published by the Diocese of Lansing, Michigan. Jesus said to His disciples: “Take care not to perform righteous deeds in order that people may see them;...

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