200: The Gang's All Here!!!

August 12th, 2020  |  57 mins 7 secs

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All three cohosts converge on the show at once for the first time to celebrate episode 200!

199: Silly Traditions & Freestyle Preaching w/Fr. Anthony Sciarappa

August 5th, 2020  |  57 mins 15 secs

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The game created to break Fr. Anthony "Freestyle Preaching" is unleashed upon him for the first time. Taylor shares about his first experience back to Confession and Mass since the pandemic began. Episode also includes rants about dumb "small t" traditions, scolding people in Church, like meaning more than love and so much more!

196: Answered Prayers & Chicken Soup for the Schroll w/André & Angèle Regnier

July 15th, 2020  |  55 mins 40 secs

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Fr. Anthony cohosts and the show is hilarious from the start! Taylor throws him off within seconds and then they discuss the very important topics of being angry when God shows up and priests listening to love songs. Our guests this week are the wonderful founders of Catholic Christian Outreach, André & Angèle Regnier The show ends with the anticipated debut of the "Chicken Soup for the Schroll" segment.

193: Family, hope & being smarter w/Fr. Harrison Ayre

June 17th, 2020  |  55 mins 36 secs

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Taylor compliments Fr. Anthony to start the show so he knew he was in for a wild show. They chat family, parenthood, & people saying dumb things so Fr. Harrison Ayre comes to save the day by sharing how we can all be smarter. Enjoy this episode of Clerically Forte!

189: HUGE NEWS(!!!), Life Verse Pt. 2 & Fortitude w/Coach Anthony Simon

May 20th, 2020  |  57 mins 15 secs

HUGE NEWS for Taylor and Forte Catholic in the first segment of today's show! Fr. Anthony cohosts to help reveal the news and also play the revived "Life Verse" game. This time we give life verses to listeners of the show who requested them :)

Our guest this week is best-selling author Coach Anthony Simon. This young man has accomplished so much in so little time and shares about his tough journey and how the virtue of fortitude has helped him push through.

Thanks to everyone for all the support! Y'all mean the world to us :)

185: Video Games, the Spiritual Lyfe & Comedian Aaron Weber

April 22nd, 2020  |  57 mins 23 secs

Fr. Anthony and Taylor talk video games and an update on Taylor’s spiritual and physical health(including an impromptu live weighing). Taylor kinda goes off the rails at some point and it’s fun to hear Fr. Anthony try to reign him in. Comedian Aaron Weber rejoins the show to bring us some deep, hearty laughter :)

Stations of the Cross w/Taylor & Fr. Anthony

April 3rd, 2020  |  28 mins 25 secs

A typical Catholic tradition during Lent is to pray through the stations of the cross at the parish on Friday afternoons. For those times we can't do that(looking at you Coronavirus), Taylor and Fr. Anthony wanted to pray with you digitally.

181: Everything's not awesome w/Taylor Tripodi

March 24th, 2020  |  56 mins 35 secs

Taylor and Fr. Anthony have a friend fight. Father tries to explain two terrible sermons and Taylor Tripodi joins the show to discuss surrender…and they all argue about who’s senior prom was worse.

177: 3rd Annual "Limping into Lent" #CringeCatholicism

February 26th, 2020  |  56 mins 2 secs

Our 3rd annual “Limping Into Lent” involves Taylor and Fr. Anthony yelling about their rough weeks, the priest trying to help Taylor off the brink of insanity and Logan Mayes joins to share cringe Catholicism stories. What a wild start to Lent!

173: Mysteries, Death & From Hindu to Catholic w/Rakhi McCormick

January 29th, 2020  |  55 mins 56 secs

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168: LIVE AT #SLS20 w/Fr. Anthony Sciarappa and special guests

January 3rd, 2020  |  1 hr 6 mins

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Recorded live in the media center at #SLS20! Fr. Anthony had to deal with Taylor in person. Our guest this week was the live audience as we called people up throughout the show to share insights and their hot takes that Fr. Anthony and Taylor judged. This was a blast to record! A huge thanks to FOCUS and everyone who was around for the recording of the show :)

163: NCYC & a Priest in a Ditch w/ Dustin Bertrand

November 27th, 2019  |  52 mins 48 secs

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Taylor attended the ginormous National Catholic Youth Conference with over 24k people there but that doesn't even lead our show this week. What leads the show instead is co-host Fr. Anthony Sciarappa sharing the story of driving his car into a ditch and then promptly having a phone call with Taylor to clear the air in their friendship. IT. WAS. WILD!!!
We're joined this week by Dustin Bertrand to look back at his first 30 years from his recent book that Taylor definitely has a better title for.

158: Joke Fest, Homily Interruptions & Wrecking Ball God w/ Amanda Vernon

October 23rd, 2019  |  53 mins 16 secs

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Fr. Anthony Sciarappa cohosts in what may be our fastest paced joke fest ever recorded! We chat about our weekends including a tall hat guy, preaching to plants, angry Taylor, terrible travel and making Fr. Anthony speechless. Our guest this week is recording artist Amanda Vernon! She's doing great work as the Catholic Alycia Keys through her music and new book "When God Wrecks Your Romance."

154: Lost in Prayer, Imperfections & Rock Stars w/ Fr. Rob Galea

September 25th, 2019  |  52 mins 25 secs

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Fr. Anthony was in a mood and boi did he deliver! In one of our funnier recent episodes, Taylor yells at Fr. Anthony for stealing his content which is a perfect segway into a conversation on imperfections.

Our guest this week made Fr. Anthony jealous because he's a more famous priest than him. Fr. Rob Galea is a world-renowned musician, speaker and media creator. He was the priest you may have seen on Australian X-Factor, has performed for the Pope and still finds time to hear confessions.

150: Celebrating 150 Episodes w/Fr. Anthony & Multiple Surprise Guests

August 27th, 2019  |  54 mins 26 secs

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We made it 150 episodes! Fr. Anthony and Taylor celebrate by looking back at some of the best memories of the show with the help of many of our listeners who submitted their answers on social media.

144: Fr Anthony & Tea with Tolkien Break the Catholic Internet

July 16th, 2019  |  56 mins 3 secs

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Fr. Anthony co-hosts as he and Taylor start the show looking back at crappy situations and realizing how they actually helped us. Tea with Tolkien rejoins the show in an attempt to break the Catholic internet.