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
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270: Mary & Eve, Balance & Miscommunication w/Allison Sullivan
December 15th, 2021 | 58 mins 14 secs
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Allison & Taylor discuss some of the connections between Eve and Mary you might have missed, the illusion of finding balance in life and have an impromptu argument about their recent text thread. Enjoy! :)
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269: Pastoral Council, Bad Preaching & Good Penance w/Fr. Anthony Sciarappa
December 8th, 2021 | 1 hr 4 mins
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Pastoral Council, Scripture vs. Vatican II, Bad Preaching & the best penance I've received.
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268: Modern Day Bible Stories w/Liv Harrison
December 1st, 2021 | 1 hr 5 mins
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Taylor shares two stories that are like modern retellings of Scripture
He went to his sister's wedding, had a moral dilemma & Liv went to Hawaii -
267: Fat Guy in a Little Coat & Cold Takes w/Jon Blevins
November 24th, 2021 | 58 mins 13 secs
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Taylor scolds Jon for not sharing big news in his life. Taylor shares two new things in his life: one frustrating and one hilarious. Then Taylor throws some random cold takes at Jon to see what his reaction is. We hope you enjoy this episode and your Thanksgiving!
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266: Caritas, Trust & Punishment Fits the Crime w/Allison Sullivan
November 17th, 2021 | 58 mins 56 secs
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Taylor & Allison tackle the difference between charity & love, growing in friendship & play the new Punishment Fits the Crime game.
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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.
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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.