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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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Jesus Speaks in A Language We Understand

by Sr. Marie Veritas | May 10, 2017 | Featured Authors, Uncategorized

Sister Marie Veritas, SV, originally gave this testimony at the 2017 Lift Jesus Higher Youth Rally in Toronto, Ontario. She is a Sister of Life. We—the Sisters—have a friend named Patrick, who used to be a lifeguard on a beach in Australia. On Australian beaches, they...

‘God Speaks in the Silence of the Heart’

by Renewal Ministries Staff | Apr 30, 2017 | Uncategorized

A group of Renewal Ministries’ employees have formed a study group to read Ralph Martin’s The Fulfillment of All Desire using this book.  The study group has been very fruitful! One member shared this poem at a recent meeting, in relation to a discussion....

“Fearless”: Proclaim Good News with Power

by Renewal Ministries Staff | Apr 12, 2017 | Featured Authors, Uncategorized

A new documentary airs online Divine Mercy weekend that features Ralph Martin, Dr. Mary Healy, Fr. Mathias Thelen, and a hunger to see more of God’s power at work in evangelization. Fearless is a compelling journey of discovery to find the missing piece of the...

Living with a Daniel Heart

by Renewal Ministries Staff | Apr 4, 2017 | Featured Authors, Uncategorized

The following post originally appeared on i.d.9:16’s blog. By Joey McCoy “Bear one another’s burdens” (Gal 6:2). What are the burdens that people in our community, Church, and family walk around with? They are myriad and unique to each...

Ralph Martin Reflects on Golden Jubilee

by Renewal Ministries Staff | Mar 30, 2017 | Featured Authors, Uncategorized

The Golden Jubilee of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal is approaching! Ralph Martin will be among the speakers in Rome from May 29 through June 4. Below, you can hear his meditation on Luke 14-15, in preparation for the celebration. He shares his own experience of...

Open the Door to Welcome Others

by Renewal Ministries Staff | Mar 26, 2017 | Featured Authors, Uncategorized

This post originally appeared on i.d.9:16’s blog. By Ali Hoffman I hate New Year’s resolutions. I’m horrible at them. For me, they fade away into oblivion sometime mid-February (or let’s be real, mid-January) and overall I feel like a failure even when it hasn’t...
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