LJHR Talks - Renewal Ministries

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 is the director of Graduate Theology Programs in the New Evangelization at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in the Archdiocese of Detroit. Ralph is also the author of 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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2025 Lift Jesus Higher Rally Talks

Adult Rally

Bishop Scott McCaig, CC: Clothed with Power
Katey Norman: Unlimited
Peter Herbeck: Jesus: Baptizer in the Holy Spirit
Deacon Larry Oney: Power from on High
Cardinal Thomas Collins: Adult Rally Homily

Youth Rally

Note: Links to the talks below will become live when the talks are available.

Deacon Larry Oney: Power to Become (children of God)
Fr. Rastislav Dluhý: Receiving the Power
Debbie Herbeck: Power to Fight
Bishop Scott McCaig, CC: Youth Rally Homily

2024 Lift Jesus Higher Rally Talks

Adult Rally

Peter Herbeck: Stand and Take Heart
Debbie Herbeck: I Met the Messiah
Fr. Alex Colautti, CC: Take Heart
Fr. Mathias Thelen: By His Wounds We Are Healed
Archbishop Francis Leo: Adult Rally Homily

Youth Rally

Fr. Alex Colautti, CC: Take Heart
Fr. Mathias Thelen: Get Up
Katey Norman: He Is Calling
Bishop Scott McCaig, CC: Youth Rally Homily

2023 Lift Jesus Higher Rally Talks

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Adult Rally

Ralph Martin: Living As Catholics in Challenging Times
Peter Herbeck: Joy in the Battle
Rachel Herbeck: Standing on the Word: Declaring the Truth
Angèle Regnier: Standing on the Word: Faith Over Fear
Peter Herbeck: Standing on the Word: Empowered to Witness
Thomas Cardinal Collins: Standing on the Word: Transfiguration

Renewal Ministries

Renewal Ministries seeks to foster renewal in the Catholic Church by helping people grow in holiness and equipping them for evangelization and ministry with the power of the Holy Spirit.

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