About the show

The goal of Forte Catholic is to share the Joy of the Gospel! The team of Taylor Schroll, Fr. Anthony Sciarappa, Allison Sullivan, & Kathryn Whitaker bring the laughs, insights and encouragement you need to get through your week and grow in your life of faith. There are weekly theme discussions, guest interviews from Catholic leaders from across the world and fun segments like Freestyle Preaching, Forte/Mezzo/Piano, Life Verse and much more. No matter where you are on your journey with God we want to help you take the next step by inspiring, uplifting, and sharing the Good News...all while laughing along the way.

The show appears weekly on YouTube & all podcasting platforms. It was a nominee for the Fisher’s Net Podcast of the Year Award in 2018 and has been mentioned in the Wall Street Journal.

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Episodes

  • 405: Story Time w/ Kathryn Whitaker

    November 6th, 2024  |  1 hr 2 mins
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    Taylor has stories of his birthday week & one of the craziest week's of ministry he's had in a long time! Kathryn has stories of Aggie Football & a project she did for her kid's homecoming and one final surprise you'll want to wait to hear until the end of the episode.

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    404: Burying St. Joseph, Angry Parishioners & Sinning in Church w/ Fr. Anthony Sciarappa

    October 30th, 2024  |  1 hr 9 mins
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    Fr. Anthony gets off an all-time rant, Taylor ponders changing his stance on burying St. Joseph to sell his house & asks the good priest some confession themed theological questions.

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    403: Campus Ministry, Freestyle Preaching & Venom w/ Fr. Joseph-Anthony Kress

    October 23rd, 2024  |  1 hr 10 mins
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    Our favorite Dominican returns after a long hiatus to discuss his campus ministry at the University of Virginia, play our Freestyle Preaching Game & how to talk with people you disagree with.

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    402: Confusing Homilies & Biblical Narration Game w/ Fr. Anthony Sciarappa

    October 9th, 2024  |  1 hr 2 mins
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    A spicy take about the Mass & a brand new hilarious bible trivia game!

  • 401: Change w/ Kathryn Whitaker

    October 2nd, 2024  |  1 hr 3 mins
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    Kathryn has some exciting new & Taylor isn't a fan of all the change going on in his life. They talk through some of the funny (and not so funny) things going on and how to handle constant change.

  • 400: The Schroll Children

    September 25th, 2024  |  42 mins 29 secs
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    In celebration of our 400th episode, Taylor invites his kids on to the show to share who they are, what they think their dad does, what they've learned at Church & more. We hope you enjoy this episode with the three cutest children around!

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    399: Bullying, Presidents & Catholic School vs Youth Ministry Kids w/ Chris Bartlett

    September 11th, 2024  |  1 hr 7 mins
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    Chris returns as our resident former bullied child to answer Taylor's question about if Taylor has become the bully. There's a fine line between standing up for yourself against bullies and bullying others in return. They also discuss Chris' fancy new role as President of Ablaze Ministries & the age old debate of whether Catholic school kids need youth group to stay Catholic.

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    398: Jesus Christ: Professional Wrestler w/ Fr. Anthony Sciarappa

    September 4th, 2024  |  1 hr 5 mins
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    Fr. Anthony has evangelized Taylor into a wrestling fan and now he and his entire household are watching. This leads to a pro wrestling themed conversation where we decide which of our Catholic heroes would be the best wrestlers and talk through their story lines. It's a very fun conversation that we hope you enjoy :)

  • 397: Kathryn Whitaker: Parenting Guru

    August 21st, 2024  |  1 hr 14 mins
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    Taylor is in a new stage of parenting with a JUNIOR HIGH STUDENT and kids at two different campuses for the first time. We know a few of you have been through this and...HOW DO YOU DO IT!?!?! Kathryn shares some tips, tricks, encouragement and tough love with Taylor on the things that have worked best for her, especially in new seasons of parenting. To close out the show, Taylor shares one of the biggest things that Catholics LOVE that is actually currently annoying him.

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    396: Paganism, Plane Fight & Cryotherapy w/Fr Anthony | Live from Pittsburgh

    July 31st, 2024  |  1 hr 11 mins
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    Taylor is back at Fr. Anthony's house for a few days so they sat down to record a podcast about paganism, inculturation, Taylor's new therapy routine and asking the age old question: Is Taylor a jerk? There's a new story from a recent flight where Taylor might have done the right thing but he also might not have. YOU DECIDE!

  • 395: Mission Trip | Live from New Mexico

    July 24th, 2024  |  1 hr 6 mins
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    Taylor is joined by members of the Epiphany parish youth mission trip to discuss their trip & experiences on the reservation. Taylor led worship for a mission trip on Native land outside of Albuquerque and it was an incredible blessing! He is joined in Laguna, New Mexico by some leaders on the trip: youth minister Joey Harvey, missionary Emily Atkinson & Deacon Chris Walker. They discuss their parish's connection to this area, the work of their mission trip & their key takeaways from the trip.

  • 394: Old Man Disease, Shattered Window & Hurricanes w/ Fr. Anthony Sciarappa

    July 17th, 2024  |  44 mins 43 secs
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    Stories galore in this fun episode! Taylor gets a new random disease, Fr. Anthony almost killed someone & Taylor was smack dab in the middle of Hurricane Beryl.

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    393: Hemp Homily, Monastery Visit & Answered Prayers w/ Kathryn Whitaker

    July 10th, 2024  |  44 mins 44 secs
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    Taylor shares three stories today about God showing up in some of the strangest places & one story about how Christians can just be the dumbest sometimes lol. We hope you enjoy this conversation about finding God in the strangest places, the most obvious places and the strange reactions when it happens.

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    392: Aggie Baseball, Loyalty & Leadership w/ Kathryn Whitaker

    July 5th, 2024  |  48 mins 57 secs
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    KATHRYN WHITAKER CALLED FOR AN EMERGENCY EPISODE! The Texas A&M Aggie Baseball team has had QUITE the saga over the past few weeks and she has THOUGHTS! It's a story of triumph, failure, loyalty, dishonor, anger and so much more! We hope you enjoy our conversation on this hot stove issue of the summer (with fancy connections to Church issues as a bonus.)

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    391: Storms & Duplication of Mission

    June 26th, 2024  |  22 mins 38 secs
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    Taylor shares some funny insights he had into the storm themed readings from this past Sunday. GOD DOESN'T CARE ABOUT YOUR STORM!!! ...but he does care about you! He also shares about a breakthrough he's had in how he's thinking about his career in regards to duplication of mission. This came after a meeting with a Vatican official(FANCY!)

  • 390: 50th Birthday, The King & Redemption w/ Kathryn Whitaker

    June 19th, 2024  |  56 mins 16 secs
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    Kathryn celebrates a monumental birthday, is part of a record breaking concert & Taylor has his deepest spiritual insight of the year! Quite the episode!