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

  • 205: Tree People, Aliens & Jesus Hurt My Feelings w/Jon "Bearded" Blevins

    September 16th, 2020  |  56 mins 44 secs
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    Jon Blevins cohosts and shares about his lovely weekend with his wife celebrating their anniversary. Taylor yells at him for his actions, tries to take his man card and Jon responds by sharing a minor miracle story. Taylor shares about the tree people who swarmed his home this week which perfectly leads to a discussion on how God interacts with aliens. Do they exist? Did Jesus save them? Is his name Todd? Finally, Taylor shares how Jesus hurt a lot of people's feelings and Taylor follows in his footsteps.

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    204: Using Your Voice w/Kyle Heimann

    September 9th, 2020  |  55 mins 36 secs
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    Taylor & Fr. Anthony discuss the parable of the talents in light of how it opposes the way many of us think. Taylor rants about people using (and not using) their voice well in our current unrest and plays a game with Kyle Heimann about loud things :)

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    203: The Return of the Queen! Allison Sullivan is Back!

    September 2nd, 2020  |  55 mins 35 secs
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    The OG Queen of Forte Catholic is back! Allison Sullivan returns as cohost! She shares what she's been up to and chats with Taylor about how/why he got his new car, how Solomon ruined one of the greatest gifts ever, what Ezekiel has to do with Mulan aaaaand they name a bunch of bible characters who previously didn't have names. Like every Allison episode, there was a perfect mix of heartfelt conversation and uncontrollable laughter. Enjoy!

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    202: Amygdala's & a Woman Wrote My Men's Talk w/Liv Harrison

    August 26th, 2020  |  56 mins 53 secs
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    Liv & Taylor discuss a men's talk he gave recently that was written by a woman. They also discuss pretty intimately Liv's struggles this summer and then Taylor tries to sound smart for the first time in a while and misprounces the fancy new word he learned the whole time. Fun stuff! Enjoy :)

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    201: Emotions, Confession & Normalcy

    August 19th, 2020  |  55 mins 53 secs
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    Emotions, Confession & Normalcy w/Bearded Blevins

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    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!

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    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!

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    198: Memories & Freestylin' w/Joe Melendrez

    July 29th, 2020  |  56 mins 6 secs
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    Taylor and Liv share memories from specific years in their life and how these and other memories shaped who they are and how they can help us through tough times. Joe Melendrez joins the show to discuss baldness, moles, workaholism and more. We close the show by introducing a BRAND NEW SEGMENT called Freestyle Preaching.

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    197: Being nice on the internet, more soup & mental health w/Kelsey Johnson

    July 22nd, 2020  |  55 mins 21 secs
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    Jon "Bearded" Blevins cohosts and Taylor shares some recent reviews of the show and how he gets in trouble on the internet. Professional counselor Kelsey Johnson joins the show in studio to chat about mental health, especially in this strange time. Jon gets his first crack at the new "Chicken Soup for the Schroll" segment and the guys share a few heartwarming stories.

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    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.

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    195: Vacation, Hamilton & Bon-Adventures w/Patrick Neve

    July 8th, 2020  |  57 mins 13 secs
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    After taking a week off for vacation, Forte Catholic is back with a bang! This is one of the best shows we've had in quite some time. Liv Harrison cohosts as Taylor shares about his vacation and they share their love for Hamilton. Patrick Neve of the Crunch podcast joins the show to help Taylor mess with Liv and share about his new endeavor: Bonaventure's Book Club.

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    Welcome to Forte Catholic!!!

    June 29th, 2020  |  1 min 47 secs
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    An introduction into the greatest Catholic podcast known to man!

  • 194: Love Languages, Time & the Catholic Left w/Sam Rocha

    June 24th, 2020  |  56 mins 17 secs
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    Bearded Blevins and Taylor have a bone to pick with each other and end up discussing love languages and the over-emphasis of busyness. Sam Rocha joins the show for a follow-up conversation on his recent debate with Trent Horn about socialism.

  • 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!

  • 192: New Horizons, Love Stories & Accomplishment w/Fr. Darryl Millette

    June 10th, 2020  |  55 mins 36 secs
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    Liv Harrison announces an exciting new venture and a beautiful story about her parents. Taylor shares his "accomplishments" & Fr. Darryl Millette joins the show to have some fun with us!

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    191: George Floyd w/Jon Blevins & Meg Hunter-Kilmer

    June 4th, 2020  |  54 mins 10 secs
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    It's been a very difficult week for our country. This was a tough one to record but we wanted to share our hearts and thoughts with our community in response to the tragedy of George Floyd's death. Jon Blevins joins Taylor to discuss how we're feeling about the whole situation. Meg Hunter-Kilmer joins to share her radical calling from the Lord and about some of her favorite saints of color.