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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129: Jesus, Demons & Janet from The Good Place w/ Edmund Mitchell
April 3rd, 2019 | 53 mins 41 secs
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Fr. Anthony Sciarappa co-hosts as he and Taylor talk growth in friendship, demons, the power of Jesus name, & play a game, all through friendly argument and unstoppable laughter. This week's guest is Edmund Mitchell, host of "The Show" a self-proclaimed semi-Catholic podcast.
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128: Why Do We Focus on the Negative? & Hilarious Conversation w/Liv Harrison | Forte Catholic Ep 128
March 27th, 2019 | 53 mins 22 secs
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In this special edition of the show, we have two different co-hosts, and in person interview & only two segments(cuz we weren't stopping that interview. It was priceless) Join Taylor, Shaun, Allison & Liv packed into one episode!
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127: Memento Mori, Ministry Madness & Paul George
March 20th, 2019 | 53 mins 44 secs
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Jon Blevins co-hosts this week as we talk updates to the bracket, Memento Mori and are joined by Paul George to talk marriage.
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126: Lenten Checkins(uh oh...) & THE Beth Davis of Blessed is She
March 13th, 2019 | 53 mins 41 secs
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Fr. Anthony Sciarappa co-hosts as the guys checkin on how Lent is going so far(uhhhh....whoops) and talk about the ups and downs of the last week. We're also joined by THE lovely Beth Davis of Blessed Is She, this tremendous ministry for Catholic women...that the dudes didn't know much about because...well...the whole dude thing. Beth is tremendous and her joy contagious. She shares her journey and what Blessed Is She is all about.
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125: 2nd Annual "Limping Into Lent" w/ Patrick Sullivan
March 5th, 2019 | 54 mins 24 secs
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In our 2nd Annual "Limping Into Lent" episode, Taylor lets the audience decide what he's doing for Lent. Allison Sullivan co-hosts as we go through all of the silly, serious and downright awful listener suggestions for what Taylor should do this Lent and ultimately decide by the end of the show.
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124: Taylor's Academy Awards & Dale Ahlquist Introduces us to G.K. Chesterton
February 27th, 2019 | 54 mins 19 secs
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In the wake of the 91st Academy Awards, Taylor wanted to give out his own awards. Shaun McAfee co-hosts and the guys talk movies & the Forte Five segment is back as Taylor counts down his favorite movies of the year. Then it gets really interesting as we make up new categories for Scripture to receive some of the awards.
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123: Comedian Jeremy McLellan, Unconditional Love & Dumb Questions
February 20th, 2019 | 54 mins 26 secs
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Allison Sullivan co-hosts and the comedian currently winning the internet, Jeremy McLellan joins as our guest this week! We talk comedy & faith and how he has intertwined those with race and religion. Jeremy has a special gift of making the controversial hilarious. Hear his comedy and story first hand right here!
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BONUS Galentine's Day Episode w/Katie Prejean McGrady
February 14th, 2019 | 24 mins 6 secs
BONUS EPISODE-Galentine’s w/Katie Prejean McGrady…
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122: Humility & Exodus 90 w/ Joel Stepanek & Jon Blevins
February 13th, 2019 | 52 mins 49 secs
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Jon Blevins co-hosts and gives an update from inside Exodus 90. Taylor's take on the matter has become quite public so we let someone who's in the middle of doing it report on how it's going.
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121: Super Bowl, Ad Orientem & Mass Confusion w/ Fr. Anthony & David Bates
February 5th, 2019 | 54 mins 46 secs
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Ooooo boy! This one was wild! Taylor got very little sleep and loses it on the air! Fr. Anthony joins and tries to help with the meltdown, but even his priest powers can't resist the tide. We talk Super Bowl, ad orientem Mass, and simple things that should have occurred to Taylor about the liturgy years ago but didn't until this week.
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120: The Joys of Fatherhood & Staying Close to Christ w/John Roselle & Shaun McAfee
January 30th, 2019 | 54 mins 1 sec
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Shaun McAfee cohosts as we discuss how there is sooo much more in store for us than we often think in our relationship with God. We also talk about the joys of fatherhood & staying close to Christ with John Roselle.
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119: Funniest show yet! Blowing up the Moon w/Fr Anthony Sciarappa & Chris Wesley
January 23rd, 2019 | 54 mins 26 secs
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Just might be the funniest episode yet! Fr. Anthony Sciarappa co-hosts as we talk follow up to the #Exodus90 convo on Ep 117 & how the audience trapped Taylor into becoming a better person. Taylor is joined by youth ministry guru Chris Wesley & they talk about riding other people's coattails, youth ministry stories and how to get out of the ruts we find ourselves in.
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118: Taylor forgot to pray for you but Mary Bielski is authentic
January 16th, 2019 | 54 mins 38 secs
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Allison Sullivan co-hosts as we talk about intercessory prayer...and how bad Taylor is at it. Allison essentially preaches up a storm and looks at him with scorn so he will be better. Catholic Speaker Mary Bielski joins the show to share about authenticity.
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117: #Seek2019 Recap, Swole Catholics & New Year's Resolutions
January 9th, 2019 | 53 mins 38 secs
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We had to give the people what they want, so Bear…
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116: Looking Back on the Year & Universality w/ Brandon Morel
January 2nd, 2019 | 56 mins 5 secs
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Shaun McAfee co-hosts and we looked back at the highlights from 2018 to both reminisce and also catch up our newest listeners. Brandon “Be The Symbol” Morel rejoins the show to discuss what the universality of the Church really means practically for him in inner city New York.
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115: Merry Christmas! w/comedian Aaron Weber & pranks on Fr. Anthony
December 26th, 2018 | 54 mins 26 secs
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We start the show off with a prank on Fr. Anthony! Then we're joined by comedian Aaron Weber who is a hilarious Catholic Taylor recently saw perform to thousands of people. Merry Christmas from the Forte Catholic crew!
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