Deacon Ralph Torrelli has 43 years of ministry experience. He is the author of five books on spirituality and prayer published by Liguori Publications and Word Among Us Press and has published articles in faith-based magazines. From 2005 to the present; he authors the by-monthly Scripture commentary column for the Gulf Pine Catholic, the newspaper of the Biloxi Diocese. He has extensive experience in preaching and counseling in the normal course of his ministry, including hosting a call-in radio ministry. He has led pilgrimages to the Holy Land and Rome and conducted retreats and parish missions.