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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Grodi’s New Book Encourages Detachment

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

Ralph Martin recently shared with our staff a link to an article Marcus Grodi shared with him about Marcus’ newest book, Life from Our Land: The Search for a Simpler Life in a Complex World, published by Ignatius Press. When we read the article, we couldn’t help but...

Mercy, Marriage, and the Holy Spirit

by Kathleen Kittle | Jun 20, 2016 | Featured Authors

Kathleen Kittle, Renewal Ministries’ missions and conference administrator, authors today’s post about a recent experience that she considers “an overflow of grace” from the Renewal Ministries' Gathering in April. Shortly before the Gathering, I attended a talk by...

Grief: Handling Our Own, Supporting Others

by Renewal Ministries Staff | Jun 16, 2016 | Featured Authors

We often receive letters from people who appreciate Sr. Ann Shield’s daily radio program, Food for the Journey. They often comment on her compassion and gentleness. Those qualities of Sr. Ann’s shine through in a special way in her newest Faith Magazine article,...

A Christian’s True Mission: Becoming A Saint

by Renewal Ministries Staff | Jun 13, 2016 | Uncategorized

We at Renewal Ministries often share quotes with each other that speak to our hearts or encourage us in our work of serving the Lord. Ralph Martin recently shared the following quote from Fr. Henri de Lubac, SJ: It is not the proper duty of Christianity to form...

God Bless Bishop Scott McCaig!

by Ralph Martin | Jun 9, 2016 | Featured Authors

By Ralph Martin I just returned from Ottawa, where Fr. Scott McCaig, the general moderator of the Companions of the Cross, was ordained as a bishop for the Military Ordinariate of Canada. As many of you know, Bishop Scott is on Renewal Ministries’s Canadian Board of...

Into Spiritual Clarity | i.d.9:16

by Renewal Ministries Staff | May 12, 2016 | Uncategorized

If it is the case that our pursuit of God can turn into an introspective house of mirrors, then how do we get out? Here are a few reference points. 1) Don’t force anything (that’s the problem, remember?), just ask. Release your cramped muscles. Prayer, our spiritual...

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