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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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.
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230: Women's (& Men's) Intuition & Transitions w/Allison Sullivan
March 10th, 2021 | 56 mins 17 secs
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Allison Sullivan and Taylor start the show of with some pretty serious stories about the differences between the life experiences of men and women. We then lighten the mood with the continuation of our PodDecks, where Taylor and his cohost get interviewed by inanimate objects. Allison shares about her transition in parenting as her kids get older and Taylor shares how his kids are already more talented than him.
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229: Crosses, Christian Podcast Roulette & Routines w/Jon Blevins
March 3rd, 2021 | 56 mins 47 secs
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Taylor & Jon look to the Scriptures to find out why our spiritual lives have been so difficult recently. They also play Christian Podcast Roulette which autogenerates podcast names. Finally, Taylor gripes about how everyone says you need to wake up early to be successful. It's hogwash!
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228: Yelling at God, New Game & Hypothetical Sin w/Fr. Anthony Sciarappa
February 24th, 2021 | 58 mins 37 secs
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Taylor recently watched a clip of "The Chosen" that he really connected with and gets down to the nitty gritty of why he stays Catholic. The guys play a new game with the help of PodDecks which led to some good and unexpected conversation. They introduce another new game called "Hypothetical Sin." Taylor shares a story that he may or may not have been involved in(involving the cops) and asks if what he did was a sin.
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227: Hell Froze Over w/guest cohost Edmund Mitchell
February 18th, 2021 | 54 mins 55 secs
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Taylor & Edmund Mitchell discuss what life in Texas has been like this week and we get to know our stand in cohost. Taylor asks a ton of very strange theological questions and gets a few other things off his chest his been wondering about including the 2 becoming 1, the 99 sheep, cryptocurrency, Jesus the business owner and much more.
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226: Forte Catholic goes to College | Seek 2021 Episode w/Liv Harrison
February 10th, 2021 | 54 mins 54 secs
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Liv and Taylor go back to college! Well...kinda. This episode was recorded for the #Seek21 young adult conference hosted by FOCUS. Liv and Taylor reminisce about the good, bad and ugly of college, what they wish they knew then and how they grew. They also play the college editions of Chicken Soup for the Schroll & Freestyle Preaching.
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225: People, Life and Money $$$ | Forte Catholic Podcast Ep 225
February 3rd, 2021 | 56 mins 39 secs
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Jon cohosts as he and Taylor tackle a few more hot button issues than normal including pro-life issues and tithing. Hopefully its a refreshing and light hearted take on some complicated and often avoided issues.
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224: Cancel Culture & Growing Pains w/Fr. Anthony Sciarappa
January 27th, 2021 | 56 mins 24 secs
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223: A Texas Miracle, Cussing & The State of the Pod w/Allison Sullivan
January 20th, 2021 | 55 mins 32 secs
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It snowed in central Texas where Taylor and Allison live and they share how wonderful it was for them and their families! Then they talk about CUSSIN! It's an interesting conversation that probably a bit different than what you heard in youth group. Finally, Taylor shares the "State of the Podcast"
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222: Quotes, Positivity & Yoda w/Liv Harrison
January 13th, 2021 | 56 mins 36 secs
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In an attempt to rein Liv in, Taylor tries a new approach to the first segment by sharing some of his favorite quotes he's heard recently. It doesn't rein her in but it's entertaining none-the-less. Liv then shares about her new positivity challenge she's running for over 300 people and Taylor asks when she became positive. They argue. Only they can make a conversation about positivity negative lol. Finally they play a game that doesn't go anything like Taylor expected.