334: Holy Weak & the Holy Land w/Kathryn Whitaker

April 5th, 2023  |  1 hr 2 mins

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Kathryn Whitaker returns to share about her amazing trip to the Holy Land! Kathryn & Taylor also talk about how God is present to us even in places that we may not always expect him. Have a blessed Holy Week!

333: The Mass, Pastoral Care & Slippery Slopes w/Fr. Will Rooney

March 29th, 2023  |  1 hr 8 mins

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Taylor's associate pastor, Fr. Will Rooney, joins the show to chat about pastorally making changes to a parish and the Mass & the strangeness of slippery slope arguments.

332: Morality & the Sacred Heart w/Fr. Anthony Sciarappa

March 22nd, 2023  |  1 hr 26 mins

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Taylor has questions about some weird Church rules and some strange morality questions for Fr. Anthony. Father also shares about his recent trip to Canada and shares some reflections on the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

331: Negative Feedback & Catholic Feminism w/Allison Sullivan

March 15th, 2023  |  54 mins 41 secs

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Taylor & Allison discuss movies from before Taylor was born, self-talk and how both negative & positive reinforcement can be helpful. Allison also shares about her recent trip to Patricia Heaton's house(!) for a gathering of Catholic pro-life ladies.

330: Ordinations, Repetition & Jesus w/Kathryn Whitaker

March 8th, 2023  |  1 hr 4 mins

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Taylor shares a beautiful story from a Deacon ordination he added that also had a funny ending. They also discuss the importance of repetition & a few reflections on the life of Jesus.

Catholic Comedy Interview w/Steven Garone | BONUS

March 2nd, 2023  |  30 mins 29 secs

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We talk with a Catholic sketch comedian about his work and the importance of humor in faith & our day to day lives.

329: Live from the Forte Catholic Men's Retreat

March 1st, 2023  |  59 mins 25 secs

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We hosted a men's retreat in Southern Louisiana and it was an awesome experience! We share graces & play a hot takes game in a live episode :)

328: Healing Prayer, Lay People & Intinction w/Fr. Anthony Sciarappa

February 22nd, 2023  |  1 hr 19 mins

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Taylor & Fr. Anthony discuss healing prayer, intinction and Fr. Anthony's favorite topic: LAY PEOPLE! And they start off the show in a way no other Catholic podcast has ever done before! Enjoy :)

327: Lectio Divina & George Strait w/Kathryn Whitaker

February 15th, 2023  |  1 hr 10 mins

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Taylor & Kathryn share their favorite ways to pray (We guarantee you've never heard Kathryn's answer!) They discuss Lectio Divina which is a great way to pray with scripture and share a reflection on Jesus meeting the Samaritan woman at the well.

326: Self-worth, Burnout & Hearts of Joy w/Lauren Costabile & Allison Sullivan

February 8th, 2023  |  1 hr 11 mins

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Taylor & Allison discuss self-worth & dealing with burnout. They are also joined by Lauren Costabile to talk about her work with Hearts of Joy which provides the love, care and life-saving surgeries that children with Down Syndrome need around the world.

325: The Beatitudes

February 1st, 2023  |  24 mins 56 secs

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Taylor Schroll flies solo this week and shares two of his favorite reflections on this past weekend's Gospel: the Beatitudes.

324: Topics Galore & the Alphabet Game w/Fr. Anthony Sciarappa

January 25th, 2023  |  1 hr 7 mins

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Typically we tackle 2-3 primary topics on an episode. This week we're trying to see how many topics we can jam into this episode, so we GUARANTEE there's something for everyone.

Our topics include Prayer Ministry, Our "type", Hedges of Protection, Hot takes on English vs. Latin, The Gospel writers in Heaven, Getting bored with our faith, A brand new hilarious game, The morality of DoorDashing from Hooters, Coincidence or God & Catholic pronunciations!

323: Italy, Conspiracy Theories & the Turing Test w/Kathryn Whitaker

January 18th, 2023  |  1 hr 6 mins

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Live from Austin, Texas! Today's episode was recording at Kathryn Whitaker's home in the capital of the great country of Texas! Kathryn recently returned from a family trip to Italy and shares all about her experiences in the heartland of our faith. We also test her mettle at our favorite game "Freestyle Preaching" and Taylor shares his thoughts on conspiracy theories and the Turing Test.

322: Online Haters & Spiritual Growth w/Allison Sullivan

January 11th, 2023  |  1 hr 12 secs

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Taylor & Allison discuss their differing approaches to dealing with haters online, Allison’s recent ADHD diagnosis and they share their ideas for spiritual growth in 2023.

321: 2022 Year in Review

January 6th, 2023  |  40 mins 12 secs

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Happy New Year! I'm terrible at looking back at the past and seeing all the good things God did in my life. I'm usually focused on the present or working towards building a better future that I forget to be thankful for what has already happened. That is why every year, we do a "State of the Forte" as our first episode of the new year to see all the cool things we experienced together.

320: Christmas Episode with Comedian Aaron Weber & Fr. Anthony Sciarappa

December 28th, 2022  |  1 hr 16 mins

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Comedian Aaron Weber is back with Taylor & Fr. Anthony to share a hilarious moral dilemma he found himself in. Taylor & Fr. Anthony also share some Christmas insights & Father has to answer spur of the moment theology questions in our new "plane theology" segment.