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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312: Lions, Lambs & Mass Class w/Fr. Dave Dwyer & Jon Blevins
November 2nd, 2022 | 1 hr 15 mins
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Jon Blevins cohosts as Taylor shares his mixed feelings on music by a former Catholic, now atheist being played at Mass. They also discuss how Jesus can simultaneously be the seemingly contradictory Lion and the Lamb and what that means for us. We're also joined by special guest Fr. Dave Dwyer to discuss his impressive media career and the launch of his new book on the Mass.
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311: Community, Comics & Poverty w/Peter Schmidt & Andy Shaggy Korty
October 26th, 2022 | 59 mins 4 secs
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There are a lot of "firsts" in this episode! First episode with Taylor in his new recording set up. First time guest cohost Peter Schmidt has been on the show and first time for Catholic comics creator Andy Shaggy Korty! Check out the episode where we tackle creating online community, comics and how attached we all are to money.
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310: Enemies, She-Hulk & Struggling to Forgive w/Allison Sullivan
October 19th, 2022 | 1 hr 3 mins
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Taylor & Allison discuss how their list of enemies continues to get longer. How did this happen? What is wrong with us? And how do we deal with this internally while struggling to forgive. They also chat about the recent Marvel show "She-Hulk." The show as a blast and highlighted some great issues in a manner that was quite enjoyable.
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309: In Persona Spirity, Finish the Lyrics & Gay Catholics w/Fr. Anthony Sciarappa
October 12th, 2022 | 1 hr 11 mins
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Taylor asks Fr. Anthony why he and his brother priests act in persona Christi and not in persona Fathery/Spirity/Trinity. He also makes Fr. Anthony play the Catholic hymns edition of Finish the Lyrics, proving that we all think we know these classic songs but we mostly just remember a jumbled mess of faith associated words. Finally, they discuss how the Church could be more welcoming to gay Catholics and better help them on their journey of discipleship.
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308: The Four P's, Naked Saints & Parish Life w/Jon Blevins
October 5th, 2022 | 1 hr 2 mins
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Taylor tries to prove to Jon that his barber is lying to him. He has questions about a famous St. Francis story, a change in the Mass that makes very little sense & talking through parish life.
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307: Misery, Social Media Bans & Reality Checks w/Fr Joseph-Anthony Kress O.P.
September 28th, 2022 | 1 hr 4 mins
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Fr. Joseph-Anthony Kress O.P. has been a guest on the show many times but this is his first time in the cohost chair. They discuss how we are all more equipped to minister to people than we may expect, how Taylor avoids social media bans & how sometimes people are just trying way to hard and need to chill. We hope you enjoy this week's episode!
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306: Converts, Shia LaBeouf & Alaska w/Allison Sullivan
September 21st, 2022 | 1 hr 5 mins
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Taylor shares a bit of his struggle while Allison shares the joys of her Orca Isle adventures! Then they have a deep discussion about some of Taylor's internal struggles about things that he should be thrilled about but is instead frustrated/conflicted. He has mixed feelings about converts, highlighted by the recent news of Shia LaBeouf becoming Catholic.
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305: Cult Leaders, Pipe Organs & Our Pilgrimage to Rome w/Fr. Anthony Sciarappa
September 7th, 2022 | 1 hr 6 mins
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Taylor & Fr. Anthony announce that they are leading a pilgrimage to Rome! They discuss the trip, how Taylor is now a cult leader(in a video game at least), and a hodgepodge of topics including pipe organs, maydays & the alphabet.
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304: Chubby, Worthless & Answered Prayers w/Liv Harrison
August 31st, 2022 | 1 hr 44 secs
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A HUGE personal win for Taylor this week that he and Liv chat about. She gives us update on her dad's health, they discuss the woman at the well & remembering answered prayers.
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303: Stay-At-Home Mom, AARP & Temperaments w/Allison Sullivan
August 24th, 2022 | 59 mins 43 secs
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Allison Sullivan cohosts as Taylor shares a big life transition, his trip to lovely Kansas and a bit about taking risks paying off. They discuss the temperaments, a modern day Jesus food miracle, change and copycats. Enjoy! :)
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302: Regrets, Mountains & Parenting Wins w/Jon Blevins
August 18th, 2022 | 1 hr 1 min
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Taylor & Jon discuss their recent happy moments from parenting, how they deal with life's regrets and the difference between mountains & hills and what that has to do with the Church.
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301: Morbius, Steve Rogers & "Is This a Sin"? w/Fr. Anthony Sciarappa
August 11th, 2022 | 1 hr 17 mins
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Fr. Anthony Sciarappa & Taylor Schroll discuss the best hate mail the show has ever received, a very odd Mass experience Taylor had and they play their "Is That a Sin" game!
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300: 300th Episode Celebration! w/Fr. Anthony Sciarappa, Allison Sullivan, Jon Blevins & Liv Harrison
August 3rd, 2022 | 1 hr 14 mins
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All of the Forte Catholic hosts unite for a rare episode recorded with all of them involved! This leads to a lot of hilarity, great stories and a fair amount of insanity. They reminisce about favorite moments on the show, play a get to know you game with random trivia about each host and take their best shot at our "Life Verse" challenge.
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299: Floods, Droughts, Short Jesus & Glad Trads w/Shaun McAfee & Grassroot Catholic
July 27th, 2022 | 1 hr 12 mins
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OG cohost Shaun McAfee returns not only to the show but back to the USA! He & Taylor discuss his return to the land of the free, it's rocky start and also how Taylor is probably taller than Jesus! Keith from Grassroot Catholic joins us to show us how to be a trad without being mad.
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298: Wild Confession Story, Catechism in a Year & Making a Disciple w/Everett Fritz & Liv Harrison
July 20th, 2022 | 1 hr 10 mins
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Taylor and Liv discuss his big news that he will be helping with the “Catechism in a Year” project with Fr. Mike Schmitz. They also chat about his insane last confession and what the “rules” are while waiting in long confession lines. Everett Fritz rejoins the show to discuss how to make ONE disciple/saint.
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297: Chaotic Energy, Marriage & Saint Miracles w/JMJ Missions & Allison Sullivan
July 13th, 2022 | 1 hr 4 mins
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Allison Sullivan cohosts with Taylor Schroll with the most chaotic episode they've ever done together! They were all over the place & got increasingly grumpy with each other...which they realized was due to them both being hangry. Along the way they tackle work/life balance, professional success, meeting your heroes, marriage and much more. The founders of JMJ Missions share their favorite saint miracle stories.