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Ralph Martin

President of Renewal Ministries

Email rmartin@renewalministries.net

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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Duquesne Weekend Continues to Inspire

by Renewal Ministries Staff | Aug 16, 2017 | Featured Authors

Ralph Martin recently received an email asking for prayers for a group of young adults about to gather for a Holy Spirit Weekend, which had been organized in honor of the fiftieth anniversary of the Duquense Weekend. Ralph agreed and asked the organizers to let him...

The Call and Opportunity for Today’s Christians

by Renewal Ministries Staff | Aug 12, 2017 | Featured Authors

A member of our staff recently sat down with Peter Herbeck to discuss what he sees as the great call and opportunity for every Christian today. This article originally appeared in the August 2017 Renewal Ministries’ newsletter, which can be viewed here. Q: Your...

Turning to Prayer in St. Peter’s Square

by Renewal Ministries Staff | Aug 10, 2017 | Featured Authors

Ralph recently receive the following letter in response to a mention made on The Choices We Face about meeting Pope John Paul ll in St Peter’s Square on Pentecost 1998. By Kerri Dunn Dear Ralph, I want to share with you an experience I had at the same event. I...

Reflections on the Lord’s Transfiguration

by Sister Ann Shields | Aug 2, 2017 | Featured Authors, Uncategorized

This article originally appeared in the July/August 2017 issue of Faith Magazine. It is based on the Gospel reading for Aug. 6, the Transfiguration of the Lord. Jesus took Peter, James and his brother, John, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. And he was...

Mexico Mission Transforms Hearts, Lives

by Renewal Ministries Staff | Jul 29, 2017 | Featured Authors, Uncategorized

This article originally appeared in Renewal Ministries’ July 2017 newsletter. For thirteen years, Renewal Ministries has been taking area high school students on a mission trip to Mexico, where they minister to people who live in a garbage dump, visit the Shrine...

Church Teaching on Sexuality Remains Clear

by Renewal Ministries Staff | Jul 27, 2017 | Featured Authors, Uncategorized

This article originally appeared in the National Catholic Register. By Msgr. Charles Pope A steady march of the sexual revolution into deeper and deeper confusion has left many Catholics and fellow Christians confused themselves. But there should be no confusion nor...
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