Ralph Martin has been a leader in renewal movements in the Catholic Church for many years. After graduating from the University of Notre Dame, he did graduate work in philosophy at Princeton University and holds an MA in Theology, from Sacred Heart School of Theology in the Archdiocese of Detroit. He was the founding editor of New Covenant Magazine, as well as the founding director of the International Catholic Charismatic Renewal Office, currently located in Rome.

Ralph is the Director of Graduate Theology Programs in Evangelization and an assistant professor of theology at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in the Archdiocese of Detroit.

Ralph is also president of Renewal Ministries (www.renewalministries.net), an organization devoted to Catholic renewal and evangelization. Renewal Ministries is the sponsor of “The Choices We Face” a widely viewed weekly Catholic television and radio program distributed throughout the world. Renewal Ministries is also actively involved in assisting the Church in Eastern Europe, Africa, and various other places through leadership training, evangelistic conferences and retreats, and the publication and distribution of literature.

He is the author of a number of books published by Ignatius Press. He has also developed a number of cassette and CD audio albums making accessible the teaching of Doctors of the Church in the area of growth in union with God. He and his wife Anne are parents of six children and reside in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

ERP Books:
The Fulfillment of All Desire (Paperback)
The Fulfillment of All Desire (Hardbound)

Other Books:
Hungry for God: Practical Help in Personal Prayer (Ignatius Press, 2000)
Called to Holiness: What It Means to Encounter the Living God (Ignatius Press, 1999)
Is Jesus Coming Soon?: A Catholic Perspective on the Second Coming (Ignatius Press, 1997)
The Catholic Church at the End of an Age: What Is the Spirit Saying? (Ignatius Press, 1994)
A Crisis of Truth: The Attack on Faith, Morality and Mission in the Catholic Church (Servant Press, 1983)
John Paul II And the New Evangelization: How You Can Bring the Good News to Others (Co-Author, Servant Press, 2006)