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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246: Live from Pittsburgh! Gambling, Texting & Effeminacy w/the Sciarappa's
June 30th, 2021 | 54 mins 10 secs
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Taylor flew to Pittsburgh to celebrate Fr. Anthony's 5th anniversary and recorded this episode in the Sciarappa home while they were together. They discuss the Catholic view on gambling, a blast from the past & Taylor's pet peeve of using effeminacy as a derogatory term.
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245: Summer, Arby's & Growth
June 23rd, 2021 | 58 mins 11 secs
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Taylor & Liv share stories of the good & bad of summer, how Arby's and the Church are very similar & Taylor reveals one of his biggest pet peeves.
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244: Hot Takes, Pange Lingua & Talking Behind Your Back
June 16th, 2021 | 59 mins 47 secs
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Fr. Anthony & Taylor discuss the premise "real men only compliment each other behind their backs." They play an absolutely wild game of Forte/Mezzo/Piano with flaming hot takes from a rocket scientist. Finally, you've heard the Pange Lingua but have no idea what it means. We're gonna change that.
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243: Vacations, Narcissism & Old English Catholicism w/Allison Sullivan
June 9th, 2021 | 1 hr 1 min
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Allison & Taylor are both back from vacation and have stories to share from their travels. Taylor asks if he's a narcissist which makes Allison quite uncomfy. Finally, they go through this weekend's Corpus Christi sequence prayer as it's a perfect microcosm of Catholicism. Enjoy!
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242: Dreams, Madlibs & Freestyle Preaching w/Edmund Mitchell
June 2nd, 2021 | 56 mins 20 secs
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Edmund Mitchell cohosts and tries to explain Taylor's strange dreams. They also play a Catholic version of mad libs and everyone's favorite "Freestyle Preaching."
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241: New Beginnings, Prayer Specificity & Guilty Pleasures w/Liv Harrison
May 26th, 2021 | 56 mins 15 secs
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Liv shares about her new assistant that is making her work more and Taylor makes fun of her. He brings up a story from the Bible that may ended differently than we've imagined that teaches the importance of specificity in prayer. Finally, they answer random questions from Pod Decks including worst jobs and guilty pleasures.
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240: Life Verse, Virtue Signaling & Weird Stuff at Mass w/Fr. Anthony
May 19th, 2021 | 56 mins 15 secs
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Fr. Anthony cohosts what is probably our funniest show of the year! We find the show's Life Verse, Taylor has a hot take on virtue signaling and Fr. Anthony messed up in Mass and we have video proof lolol. Enjoy!
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239: Faithfulness, Wisdom, The Falcon & Winter Solider w/Mike Tenney
May 12th, 2021 | 56 mins 29 secs
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Allison cohosts as Taylor shares a new Christian song that he has a love-hate relationship with. She also asks a deep question expecting a deep answer but gets a Taylor answer instead. She shares her wisdom anyways. Mike Tenney is our guest this week to discuss Marvel's "The Falcon & Winter Soldier."
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238: Reviews, Restaurants & Restrooms w/Jon Blevins
May 5th, 2021 | 55 mins 42 secs
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Taylor shares a terrible review of him and the show and says the person was actually right lol. He and Jon play Imitate, Intercess or Ignore and then talk about some Scriptures Taylor found in the bathroom lol.
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237: Worth, Prayer, Friends & Integrity w/Liv Harrison
April 28th, 2021 | 55 mins 55 secs
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Liv Harrison is back on the show with Taylor as they discuss how much a human life is worth. Next, they talk about how we are all friends with people we don't agree with on everything and that's actually better than agreeing on everything. Finally, Taylor shares a recent breakthrough in his spiritual life after reading a new book by Blessed is She.
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236: Easter Party, Easter Questions & Fake Relics w/Fr. Anthony Sciarappa
April 21st, 2021 | 56 mins 19 secs
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Easter celebrations continue as Taylor & Fr. Anthony share insights into Holy Week & Divine Mercy Sunday. Taylor has some off the wall questions for the priest and shares about his son's first confession and a fake relic.
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235: Hail of a Day, Getting Old & New Saints Game w/Allison Sullivan
April 14th, 2021 | 56 mins 55 secs
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Taylor & Allison had quite the day in their small Texas town, Taylor joined a club Allison didn't think he would ever join and we introduce a new Saints game called Imitate, Intercess or Ignore. It's a hit y'all!
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234: Superhero Jesus, Illusions & the Houston Texans Priest Chaplain
April 7th, 2021 | 58 mins 37 secs
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Jon Blevins cohosts our Easter episode which kicks off with off the wall insights about Easter you won't get anywhere else. The Houston Texans' priest chaplain joins the show to share where pro sports and faith meet. Finally, Taylor & Jon discuss the illusion of explanatory depth.
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233: Singing & Nervousness w/guest cohost Amanda Vernon
March 31st, 2021 | 57 mins 6 secs
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Amanda Vernon guest cohosts to share crazy travel stories, odd dating/breakup stories, & strange marriage insights. They also discuss their vastly different music careers & overcoming nervousness.
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232: Fancy Catholic Words, Grit & Comedy w/Sam Blair
March 24th, 2021 | 57 mins 37 secs
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Fr. Anthony quizzes Taylor on fancy Catholic words and it...doesn't go well. Sam Blair, an ex-Navy Seal and leadership coach for an NBA team joins the show to talk about grit and Fr. Anthony talks to Taylor about comedy in evangelization.
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231: Hard Work, Tea Parties & Shallow Hal w/Liv Harrison
March 17th, 2021 | 56 mins 48 secs
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Hard work pays off later even if it doesn't seem like it now. Liv tries to explain to Taylor what the heck is going on with the Royal Family & Taylor talks about Shallow Hal.