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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176: Neti Pots, the Desert Fathers & a VERY special guest
February 20th, 2020 | 56 mins 36 secs
Liv Harrison cohosts and drives Taylor mental! Ou…
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175: Chika Anyanwu, Conversion(and the lack thereof) & Taylor's Pet Peeves
February 12th, 2020 | 56 mins 24 secs
Allison Sullivan cohosts as her and Taylor share …
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174: Girls dads, Super Bowl & Taylor's (Prot) Best Friend
February 5th, 2020 | 56 mins 2 secs
Jon Blevins cohosts AND IS NOW A GIRL DAD! The gu…
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173: Mysteries, Death & From Hindu to Catholic w/Rakhi McCormick
January 29th, 2020 | 55 mins 56 secs
Taylor recently saw Knives Out in theaters and ha…
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172: Golden Globes, Feminine Genius & the Heart of a Father w/Chris Mueller
January 22nd, 2020 | 55 mins 43 secs
Liv Harrison co-hosts and reallllyy wanted to tal…
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171: Taylor's crowning achievement, Jesus never apologized & wild reviews w/Fr. CO
January 16th, 2020 | 57 mins 40 secs
Taylor Schroll makes co-host Allison Sullivan squ…
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170: Salty Jon, Nice Taylor & Uncompromising Purity w/Everett Fritz & Kelsey Skoch
January 10th, 2020 | 56 mins 56 secs
Jon "Bearded" Blevins cohosts and boy is he salty…
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169: Rise Of Skywalker Spoilercast w/Ex-Producer Sam
January 7th, 2020 | 46 mins 4 secs
BONUS EPISODE!!! Something a little different for…
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168: LIVE AT #SLS20 w/Fr. Anthony Sciarappa and special guests
January 3rd, 2020 | 1 hr 6 mins
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Recorded live in the media center at #SLS20! Fr. Anthony had to deal with Taylor in person. Our guest this week was the live audience as we called people up throughout the show to share insights and their hot takes that Fr. Anthony and Taylor judged. This was a blast to record! A huge thanks to FOCUS and everyone who was around for the recording of the show :)
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167: Christmas Extravaganza & The Two Popes w/Matthew Sewell
December 26th, 2019 | 53 mins 23 secs
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A Christmas Extravaganza Spectacular Special Edition! Taylor shares about the 2nd biggest pop culture weekend of the year(Star Wars, The Witcher, The Two Popes) w/cohost Shaun McAfee. Matthew Sewell, the host of the PopeCast, joined Taylor for the second segment to share their thoughts on the new Netflix film, The Two Popes.
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166: Jury Duty, Surfing & Baseball w/ Fr. Tim Grumbach
December 18th, 2019 | 57 mins 34 secs
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Liv Harrison is back from the dead to cohost as Taylor shares his jury duty story from the day of recording this show. Our guest this week is Fr. Tim Grumbach who definitely doesn't want to be called the Surfing Priest. They chat about Taylor and Father's baseball rivalry, which team Mary belongs to and more.
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165: Taylor Got Ejected & Fr. Anthony Homily Review w/Jon Blevins
December 11th, 2019 | 51 mins 10 secs
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We had a blast with this one!!! 😂 😂 😂 Taylor got ejected from a HS basketball game where he is the campus minister...whoops...lol. He shares the story, gets cohost Jon Blevins' take and the surprise reaction from the community.
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Relaxation, Frozen 2 & Marriage w/ Stacey Sumereau
December 4th, 2019 | 53 mins 25 secs
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Allison and Taylor discuss their vacations, relaxation and make fun of each other a lot. Stacey Sumereau returns as our guest this week to discuss what finally meeting Taylor was like and what she posted a couple weeks ago that went viral and has been seen by over 17 million people!
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163: NCYC & a Priest in a Ditch w/ Dustin Bertrand
November 27th, 2019 | 52 mins 48 secs
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Taylor attended the ginormous National Catholic Youth Conference with over 24k people there but that doesn't even lead our show this week. What leads the show instead is co-host Fr. Anthony Sciarappa sharing the story of driving his car into a ditch and then promptly having a phone call with Taylor to clear the air in their friendship. IT. WAS. WILD!!!
We're joined this week by Dustin Bertrand to look back at his first 30 years from his recent book that Taylor definitely has a better title for. -
162: I'm Catholic, Now What? w/Tim Glemkowski
November 20th, 2019 | 53 mins 25 secs
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Taylor announces he's going to Rome to visit holy places...and cohost Shaun McAfee! The guys chat about why pilgrimages are a thing and the benefits they can bring. We also talk about Tim's book "Made For Mission" about parish culture & Shaun's book for recent converts.
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161: Taylor's Homily, A New Game & A Dinosaur Priest
November 13th, 2019 | 52 mins 33 secs
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The first episode recorded in Taylor's home studio, the new Forte Catholic Headquarters!!! Allison Sullivan cohosts with a skinny margarita as Taylor shares from a recent talk he gave that he's quite proud of. They play a new hot take game & discuss women's ministry with a surprise priest guest!