Charismatic Weekend Retreat – 2023

Ralph Martin is the 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, and engages in a wide variety of mission work in more than thirty countries. Ralph also is the director of Graduate Theology Programs in Evangelization and a professor of theology at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in the Archdiocese of Detroit (www.shms.edu). He holds a doctorate in theology from the Angelicum University in Rome. Pope Benedict XVI appointed Ralph as a consultor to the Pontifical Council for the New Evangelization, and he continues to serve in this capacity. Ralph also was appointed as a theological expert for the Synod on the New Evangelization. He is the author of the widely read The Fulfillment of All Desire: A Guidebook for the Journey to God Based on the Wisdom of the Saints, and many books on spirituality and evangelization, such as Will Many Be Saved? What Vatican II Actually Teaches and Its Implications for the New Evangelization, and The Urgency of the New Evangelization, as well as many articles in scholarly and popular publications. Ralph and his wife, Anne, reside in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and have six children and seventeen grandchildren.

Dr. Mary Healy is professor of Scripture at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit and a bestselling author and international speaker. She is a general editor of the Catholic Commentary on Sacred Scripture and author of two of its volumes, The Gospel of Mark and Hebrews. Her other books include The Spiritual Gifts Handbook and Healing. Dr. Healy serves the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian unity as a member of the Pentecostal-Catholic International Dialogue. She is one of the first three women ever to serve on the Pontifical Biblical Commission, and is a consultor to the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments.

The Blessed Mother was instrumental in bringing Gloria Coyne back to the one true faith in 1996. Upon her return, she asked the Lord to show her how to use her gifts and talents to serve Him and continue to build up His Kingdom. God took her up on her offer, and He has always provided new and exciting challenges in ministry and service.

After developing a great devotion to the Holy Spirit, she was led to Renewal in 1996. She has been the Bishop’s appointed Liaison for Charismatic Renewal since 2008. She has also served on the National Service Council, National Service Committee, Association of Diocesan Liaisons, and most recently, on the Pentecost Today, USA board.

She has also served on the Board of Catholic Charities, the Archbishop’s Benefit for Children, and currently on the Catholic Social Services Community-based Services. She was the local administrator for the WMOF International Charismatic Event in 2015, and Gloria was one of two Liaisons invited to the Vatican in 2019 to launch the CHARIS initiative. She has been married to her husband, Joe, for over 40 years and is a member of the St. Ignatius of Antioch parish community.