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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Divine Mercy 2012 Talk and Interview with Ralph

by Renewal Ministries Staff | May 22, 2012 | Ralph Martin

Ralph's Field Talk Ralph's Interview

Cardinal Dolan’s Interview with Ralph Martin

by Ralph Martin | Mar 26, 2012 | Uncategorized

http://podcast.webcastcenter.com/renew/rm_interview_dolan.mp3

Archbishop Chaput’s statement on the HHS Mandate.

by Renewal Ministries Staff | Mar 21, 2012 | Ralph Martin, Uncategorized

Archbishop Chaput's statement: http://catholicphilly.com/2012/02/archbishop-chaput/current-hhs-mandate-is-not-a-real-compromise/

Pope Benedict appoints Ralph to new Pontifical Council

by Sister Ann Shields | Dec 22, 2011 | Sister Ann Shields

Renewal Ministries Press Release: The Vatican Press Office announced today that Pope Benedict XVI has appointed Dr. Ralph Martin as a consultor to the Pontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelization. Ralph was only one of two Americans appointed today. The...

Fellowship of the Unashamed

by Sister Ann Shields | Oct 3, 2011 | Sister Ann Shields

I am part of the Fellowship of the Unashamed. The die has been cast. The decision has been made. I have stepped over the line. I won't look back, let up, slow down, back away, or be still. My past is redeemed, my present makes sense, and my future is in God's hands. I...

Final Rome Update

by Ralph Martin | Jun 20, 2011 | Ralph Martin, Uncategorized

Through a Providential series of events I was able to defend my doctoral dissertation the evening before we needed to leave Rome. Thanks be to God. The defense went well. Mission accomplished. Back in the US. More later! Thanks for your prayers and support. The...

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