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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Rome Update from Ralph Martin

by Ralph Martin | Feb 8, 2011 | Ralph Martin

Dear Friends, Well, it’s been 10 days since we arrived in Rome and it’s time for a little news. Because of the snow storms on the East Coast, our fight into New York, where we were to get our fight to Rome, was cancelled. We were able to get another flight going...

Visit Fr. Francis Martin’s Website

by Renewal Ministries Staff | Oct 29, 2010 | Uncategorized

Fr. Francis Martin has been a long time teacher of scripture in a way that brings life to people. He is a close friend of Renewal Ministries. He is now launching a new ministry particularly devoted to helping priests discover the power of God’s Word to help them in...

Blessed John Newman “Act of Love”

by Sister Ann Shields | Jun 21, 2010 | Uncategorized

"Dear Jesus, help me to spread Your fragrance everywhere I go. Flood my soul with Your Spirit and Life. Penetrate and possess my whole being so utterly that my life may only be a radiance of Yours. Shine through me and be so in me that every soul I come in contact...

The Scripture Passage that Most Affected Your Life

by Sister Ann Shields | Dec 24, 2009 | Sister Ann Shields

Those who have been listening to Food for the journey regularly know that we are in the middle of a project. Listeners have been asked for the last six months, to jot down the date of the program and the Scripture passage that most affected their lives. Now we move on...

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