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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Saying ‘Yes’ to God’s Call for Growth

by Therese Jones | Aug 15, 2016 | Featured Authors

Earlier this year, I turned on our local Catholic radio station, WDEO, just in time to catch an interview between Al Kresta and Johnnette Benkovic. Johnette is the founder of Women of Grace and the Benedicta Leadership Institute for Women. They were speaking about an...

Patti Mansfield to appear on ‘Bookmark’

by Renewal Ministries Staff | Aug 13, 2016 | Uncategorized

Patti Mansfield, one of the pioneers in the Catholic Charismatic movement and a frequent guest on The Choices We Face, will be a guest on EWTN's Bookmark program on Sunday, Aug. 14 at 9:30 a.m. Eastern Time. Doug Keck will interview Patti about her new book, As By A...

Evangelization: Let God Lead the Way

by Sister Ann Shields | Aug 8, 2016 | Featured Authors

I have been particularly struck over the last two to three years about one expression of God’s work on our behalf for the New Evangelization and, in particular, for the Year of Mercy. As our parish works on becoming a community of believers who both pray and reach out...

What’s Up with Them? Engaging Millennials

by Pete Burak | Aug 4, 2016 | Featured Authors, Pete Burak

This article is taken from a presentation Pete Burak recently gave to the Cincinnati chapter of Legatus. Please contact him at pete@id916.com if you are interested in having him share this message with your group or organization. Much ink has been spilled analyzing,...

Evangelization Needs a Game Changer

by Pete Burak | Aug 1, 2016 | Pete Burak, Uncategorized

Renewal Ministries recently released Game Changer, a booklet by i.d.9:16 Director Pete Burak. Below, Pete reflects on the inspiration behind Game Changer, which examines how a close relationship with the Holy Spirit is the key to fruitful engagement in the New...

Jesus Does Still Heal!

by Renewal Ministries Staff | Jul 23, 2016 | Featured Authors

At the 2016 Renewal Ministries’ Gathering, long-time supporter Larry Yelinek, of Whitmore Lake, Michigan, experienced a tremendous healing of his hip. He writes about the experience below: In the spring of 2013, my right hip started to become painful, and by the...

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