This month, EWTN will begin airing the forty-second season of The Choices We Face. This highly acclaimed program is the longest-running Catholic television show in history! Each week, hosts Ralph Martin, Peter Herbeck, and Pete Burak explore important topics concerning the faith. This season’s interviews engage viewers with discussions on a wide-range of topics important to the life of a disciple of Christ.

Caroline Dirkes · Evangelistic Fire
Caroline Gambale-Dirkes shares her testimony and how the Lord invited her into ministry and evangelization.

Fr. Donald Haggerty · The Hour of Testing
Fr. Donald Haggerty discusses his recent book The Hour of Testing and the ways the Church needs to be vigilant and proactive in engaging the battle.

Sr. Louis Marie Zogg · Encountering Love
Sr. Louis Marie Zogg, O.P., shares her story about discovering the Lord’s love and her vocation in an encounter with Jesus in the Eucharist.

Dr. Kristin Krieger · Clothe Yourself in Humility
Dr. Kristen Krieger shares her story of becoming Catholic and how the Lord inspired her to serve on Mexico mission trips as a medical doctor.

Dr. Peter Newburn · A Missionary Life
Dr. Peter Newburn, Renewal Ministries Country Coordinator and Divine Renovation coach, shares about bringing the Gospel to the Church in Africa.

Jake Khym · Pursuing Freedom and Wholeness
Jake Khym shares his story of encountering the healing love of Jesus and how it has led him to minister to priests and Church leaders.

Annie Baldante · Will You Choose Jesus?
Annie Baldante, Ralph’s granddaughter, talks about the Lord inviting her to choose Him, developing a prayer life, and serving in middle school ministry.

Dr. Jacob Imam · Saints, Scholars, and Builders
Dr. Jacob Imam shares about being raised in a Muslim home, discovering the truth of Catholicism, and being led to start a new college in Steubenville, OH.

Fr. Ed Fride · Lord, Renew Your Wonders
Fr. Ed Fride shares his conversion and vocation story, as well as the amazing fruit coming from the charismatic parish he serves.

Pete Burak · A Man on Purpose
Pete Burak talks about his new book, A Man on Purpose, which offers ten principles he learned from his father for becoming a man of God.

Miriam Wright · Knowing the King
Miriam shares her journey of surrender to the King of Kings, and how each step brought her deeper into freedom, transformation, and mission.

Rachel Herbeck · Boldly Proclaiming the Gospel
Rachel shares her passion for God’s Word, the transformative power it proclaims, and how she invites young people into discipleship.

Bishop Hying · Return to the Upper Room
Bishop Donald Hying shares his personal journey of faith, priesthood, and episcopacy and offers insights into how we can build an evangelizing culture.

Patti Mansfield · The Priesthood
Patti Mansfield offers a teaching on the priesthood as the love of the heart of Jesus. She highlights a threefold purity that the faithful long for in their shepherds: purity of heart, of doctrine, and of the moral life.

Janelle Gergen · Dual Motherhood
Janelle Gergen shares about the joyful and sorrowful mysteries of her life and how they prepared her for a life of service to the Church.

Fathers Zach and Drew Mabee · Brothers in Christ
Fr. Zach Mabee and Fr. Drew Mabee share about their family life growing up, their conversion to Catholicism, and answering the call to priesthood.

Other Highlights . . .
This season also features Ralph, Peter, and Pete discussing talks given by Deacon Larry Oney, Katey Norman, Bishop Scott McCaig, Fr. Rastislav Dluhý, and Debbie Herbeck.

Access All Episodes
Recent episodes of The Choices We Face are available on EWTN but also can be viewed at our website or our YouTube channel.

This article originally appeared in the Renewal Ministries March 2026 newsletter. Subscribe here!