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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390: 50th Birthday, The King & Redemption w/ Kathryn Whitaker
June 19th, 2024 | 56 mins 16 secs
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Kathryn celebrates a monumental birthday, is part of a record breaking concert & Taylor has his deepest spiritual insight of the year! Quite the episode!
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389: Bad Evangelization & Lost at Sea w/ Fr. Anthony Sciarappa
June 12th, 2024 | 1 hr 4 mins
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Live from Pittsburgh! Taylor suggests seven Catholic things and asks Father Anthony whether they are more helpful for evangelization or more of a hinderance. Also, Taylor has a new scenario where we explore the grey area of Catholic morality: being stranded at sea.
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388: Cramps, Catholic Mashup & Marian Apparitions w/ Shaun McAfee
May 29th, 2024 | 53 mins 17 secs
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Shaun McAfee cohosts as they share stories about their body failing them in their old age. They also play the Catholic Mashup in the triumphant return of the fan favorite game. Shaun shares about the Pope's new document on Marian Apparitions.
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387: Liturgical Music & Catholic Superstitions w/ Fr. Anthony Sciarappa
May 22nd, 2024 | 1 hr 1 min
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Taylor shares about a cool "crossover Mass" that the local Catholic school does and then yells about the music at Mass. He has a new rant for Fr. Anthony who tries to help him out with this issue and a strange superstition Taylor has about prayer. Is anyone else as crazy as Taylor?!?!
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386: Meltdown May!
May 15th, 2024 | 50 mins 54 secs
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Taylor is back for a solo show after a few weeks hiatus from the podcast. It's been a crazy few weeks and he shares what's been going on, how crazy things have been, some thoughts on how the show will evolve in the future & more. Join Taylor as he tries to find the answers through a lot of tough situations.
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385: Softball, Germany & Mentorship w/ Kathryn Whitaker
April 24th, 2024 | 1 hr 3 mins
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Taylor & Kathryn talk about his recent epic failures. She explains how Germany is Catholic & the importance of mentors.
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384: Theft, Exercising Demons & Unity Game w/ Allison Sullivan
April 17th, 2024 | 59 mins 15 secs
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Allison one-ups Taylor, Taylor shares some good news & the pair try out a new game!
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383: Idiots, Eclipse & Gifts of the Spirit w/ Fr. Anthony Sciarappa
April 10th, 2024 | 1 hr 4 mins
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A total eclipse is as rare as an incredible episode of this show. Both happened this week!
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382: Catholic Speakers, Freestyle Preaching & Foster Care w/ Ryan O'Hara
April 3rd, 2024 | 1 hr 1 min
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Guest cohost Ryan O'Hara joins Taylor to discuss honing the craft of sharing the Gospel, they test their skills in our "Freestyle Preaching" game and Ryan shares his journey of becoming a foster parent.
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381: Holy Week & Why We're Catholic w/ Kathryn Whitaker
March 27th, 2024 | 1 hr 6 mins
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Reflecting on the Holiest of Weeks on the Church calendar and explaining why we became Catholic & stick with it after all this time.
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380: Anger Management & Catholic Questions w/ Allison Sullivan
March 20th, 2024 | 1 hr 13 mins
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Taylor has a laundry list of things currently driving him into fits of rage. Allison does her best to help him through it. As the Lenten season begins to wrap up, join us in our suffering. Misery loves company! They laugh through it and Allison shares her classic fiery preaching skills to guide us through times when anger wells up.
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379: Comedy of Errors & Eucharistic Questions w/ Fr Anthony Sciarappa
March 13th, 2024 | 1 hr 11 mins
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LENT IS HAPPENING! The suffering continues in a true comedy of errors for today's two hosts. They commiserate about the last couple weeks & then play a brand new game to try and stave off despair. They close the show with a deep discussion about what transubstantiation actually does.
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Kathryn Whitaker's First Guest Appearances | Forte Flashback
March 6th, 2024 | 48 mins 7 secs
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We're doing a Forte Flashback this week, highlighting our cohost Kathryn Whitaker's first two appearances on the podcast as a guest. These conversations were the seeds planted that eventually led to her joining us on a monthly basis.
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378: Lent, Blackjack & Gen Z Bible w/ Kathryn Whitaker
February 28th, 2024 | 1 hr 7 mins
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Taylor & Kathryn do a Lenten check-in, discuss their differing views on the Gen Z Bible trend on social media & Taylor shares about how his best night ever at a blackjack table relates to Heaven, Hell & our spiritual lives.
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377: GOF Wedding, Internet Friends & Long Homilies w/ Allison Sullivan
February 21st, 2024 | 1 hr 7 mins
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Taylor shares about traveling to North Carolina for the GOF wedding, having a great time with dozens of internet friends he met in person for the first time & some new fancy food that made him realize he's an idiot. This leads to Allison sharing about her own wedding & some hilarious stories of her kids in Mass.
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376: Royal Rumble & Priest Voice w/ Fr. Anthony Sciarappa
February 14th, 2024 | 1 hr 7 mins
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Fr. Anthony has convinced Taylor to watch wrestling for the second time, and this time it's a family affair! They also discuss "priest voice" and do some rare voice acting!