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

  • 265: Biblical High School Cafeteria w/Fr. Anthony Sciarappa

    November 10th, 2021  |  1 hr 4 mins
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    Hard work now pays off later, deciding which Biblical characters to have lunch with & the awkwardness of inviting people to Church.

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    264: Travel, Tradition & Personal Hygiene(?) w/Liv Harrison

    November 3rd, 2021  |  58 mins 59 secs
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    Taylor & Liv discuss their recent travels, Taylor's experience of the traditions of attending a Texas A&M game as an outsider & personal hygiene for some reason (its a good one tho)

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    263: Busyness, Business & Burning Bush w/Jon Blevins

    October 27th, 2021  |  1 hr 2 mins
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    An episode about the things we miss & Punishment Fits the Crime game.

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    262: Jesus on Social Media & Body Positivity w/Allison Sullivan

    October 20th, 2021  |  59 mins 14 secs
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    A big announcement, a discussion on how Jesus would utilize social media & analyzing the body positivity movement.

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    261: Anger, Blind Faith & Fancy Catholic Words w/Fr. Anthony Sciarappa

    October 13th, 2021  |  59 mins 36 secs
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    Taylor Schroll & Fr. Anthony Sciarappa kick off the show by sharing about their fun anger management issues. Fr. Anthony quizzes Taylor on fancy Catholic words & they discuss if faith is a blind leap or not.

  • 260: Song of Songs & Punishments Fitting the Crime w/ Liv Harrison

    October 6th, 2021  |  1 hr 9 secs
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    Taylor shares a story about romance involving the Song of Songs. He and Liv Harrison discuss what that story means for our relationship with God. They also introduce a new game centered around confession(it's hilarious, we promise!)

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    259: Idiotic Idioms & God's Favorite Sport w/Jon Blevins

    September 29th, 2021  |  54 mins 16 secs
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    Jon shares a huge life update! Taylor is frustrated by a common Christian idiom and they decide together which sport God loves the most.

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    258: I Feel God in This Chili's Tonight w/Allison Sullivan

    September 22nd, 2021  |  1 hr 1 min
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    Taylor shares how his terrible experience in Chili's got turned around by the staff correcting the mistakes and what that means for us. He forces Allison Sullivan to play her "favorite" game, Freestyle Preaching. Finally, they discuss how we don't really know the full power of the impact we can have on those around us.

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    257: Devotions, Seminarians & the Catechism w/Edmund Mitchell

    September 15th, 2021  |  1 hr 5 mins
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    Taylor has a lot of things to yell about and Fr. Anthony has some answers. They have a blast yelling about things that ultimately don't matter but just show how fun the oddities of Catholicism can be. Edmund Mitchell joins the show to talk about his new project making the catechism more easily approachable so we can dive into the richness of our faith.

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    256: Foundations, Salvation & Storytelling w/Kathryn Whitaker

    September 8th, 2021  |  1 hr 1 min
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    Taylor & Liv are together in studio and kick off the show sharing awesome things God did in their lives during childhood. Kathryn Whitaker joins in the convo as they share foundations of who they are that sustain them even through the toughest of times. Finally, Taylor tries to talk with Liv about how salvation would work in the multiverse but she just gets confused. Enjoy! :)

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    255: Biblical Fantasy Draft, Copycats & Proposals w/Jon Blevins

    September 1st, 2021  |  1 hr 1 min
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    Jon Blevins cohosts an episode where he and Taylor do a fantasy draft of which characters they would want to be running Forte Catholic. They also share their proposal stories, why Jon got stitches in his hand and what the heck behavioral cognition is and what it means for our faith.

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    254: Lukewarm, Betrothals & Nickelback w/Fr. Anthony Sciarappa

    August 25th, 2021  |  57 mins 55 secs
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    Taylor & Fr. Anthony answer what to in regards to lukewarm Christianity, engagements & Nickelback songs.

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    253: Fire, Boxing & Enduring w/Allison Sullivan

    August 18th, 2021  |  58 mins 16 secs
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    Taylor is back from a wonderful week of summer camp with another bad travel story. Allison smells like gasoline for some reason and wants to fight about everything verbally. They also share how they finally fought in the boxing ring after years of anticipation! Hear how their boxing match went from both perspectives.

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    252: Memes, Apocalypse & Tolkien vs. Lewis w/Tea with Tolkien & Pints with Jack

    August 11th, 2021  |  1 hr 3 mins
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    Liv cohosts a tremendous episode tackling a wide variety of topics. From her nickname to "daddy God" to memes and the Apocalypse, this episode has something for everyone. Tea with Tolkien and Pints with Jack join us to debate which author is superior!

  • 251: Nostalgia, Humility & Hope w/Kris Frank

    August 4th, 2021  |  57 mins 37 secs
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    Co-Host Jon Blevins is back from his break to chat nostalgia & humility. Director of Vagabond Missions, Kris Frank, shares about finding hope.

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    Liv's 1st time on the show! | Forte Flashbacks

    July 30th, 2021  |  42 mins 46 secs
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    This week, we listen to the first time Liv came to town in order to drive Taylor crazy. Not only that, but Allison is also involved so the ladies team up against Taylor to make him look like the bad guy. It's a fun episode to listen back to to see how so much has changed and yet stayed the same. Enjoy!