web01.fireside.fm Thu, 23 Apr 2026 05:07:47 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Forte Catholic - Episodes Tagged with “Catholic Easter” https://fortecatholic.fireside.fm/tags/catholic%20easter Wed, 27 Mar 2024 01:00:00 -0500 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. en episodic Sharing the Joy of the Gospel Taylor Schroll 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. no catholic, catholic podcast, comedy, catholic comedy, catholicism, catholic entertainment Taylor Schroll taylor@fortecatholic.com 381: Holy Week & Why We're Catholic w/ Kathryn Whitaker https://fortecatholic.fireside.fm/381 826d99e7-3bf5-484a-b52a-481d1fd7f524 Wed, 27 Mar 2024 01:00:00 -0500 Taylor Schroll full Taylor Schroll Reflecting on the Holiest of Weeks on the Church calendar and explaining why we became Catholic & stick with it after all this time. 1:06:24 no Taylor & Kathryn sit down to kick off Holy Week and share their favorite (and least favorite) parts of this special week! They rank the liturgies of the Triduum, explain why they enjoy each one & share what's on their hearts and minds as they head into this week. They also discuss the very different reasons they both became Catholic but then the oddly similar reasons that they remain Catholic. We hope you have a blessed Holy Week! We're praying for you. Please pray for us. Subscribe/Rate Never miss out on the craziness of each episode by hitting the subscribe button RIGHT NOW! Help other people find the show by taking a few moments to leave a review in your podcasting app. Thanks! YouTube Check out the show and other exclusive videos on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/fortecatholic Connect 🎉Twitter: @taylorschroll & @fortecatholic 🎉Instagram: @taylorschroll 💖Twitch: Twitch.tv/fortecat Donate Forte Catholic is a 501c3 non-profit organization. Support the work with a tax-deductible donation here. Thanks! https://www.fortecatholic.com/donate All music used on the show is by Brandon “BeTheSymbol” Morel. Find his music at bethesymbol.com. Episode art & editing by Sarah Allen Produced by Taylor Schroll catholic, catholic podcast, best catholic podcast, top catholic podcast, catholic speakers, taylor schroll, forte catholic, catholic speaker, holy week, triduum, kathryn whitaker, catholic convert, catholic conversion story, catholic conversion, catholic converts, Taylor schroll, holy thursday, palm sunday, good friday, holy saturday, easter, catholic easter, lent Taylor & Kathryn sit down to kick off Holy Week and share their favorite (and least favorite) parts of this special week! They rank the liturgies of the Triduum, explain why they enjoy each one & share what's on their hearts and minds as they head into this week.

They also discuss the very different reasons they both became Catholic but then the oddly similar reasons that they remain Catholic.

We hope you have a blessed Holy Week! We're praying for you. Please pray for us.

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]]> Taylor & Kathryn sit down to kick off Holy Week and share their favorite (and least favorite) parts of this special week! They rank the liturgies of the Triduum, explain why they enjoy each one & share what's on their hearts and minds as they head into this week.

They also discuss the very different reasons they both became Catholic but then the oddly similar reasons that they remain Catholic.

We hope you have a blessed Holy Week! We're praying for you. Please pray for us.

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]]> 336: Child Jesus, Indulgences & Addiction w/Fr. Anthony Sciarappa https://fortecatholic.fireside.fm/336 e41710ce-7254-461a-b9e4-66b35de5ac0e Thu, 20 Apr 2023 01:00:00 -0500 Taylor Schroll full Taylor Schroll Fr. Anthony & Taylor discuss what we should be focusing on during this extended Easter season, the questions of if the benefits of indulgences are worth the confusion & the morality of addiction. 1:12:17 no Fr. Anthony joins Taylor for a discussion on what we should be focusing on during the extended Easter season. Taylor also shares a strange insight about the people who grew up around Jesus during the "lost years" of his childhood/teen/young adult years. Taylor also asks Fr. Anthony about indulgences: -What are they? -Why the bad rap? -Are they worth the confusion? They also discuss the morality of addiction, especially when addiction leads to other sins. It is a complicated and nuanced discussion on sin, culpability & the depths of the moral life. Subscribe/Rate Never miss out on the craziness of each episode by hitting the subscribe button RIGHT NOW! Help other people find the show by taking a few moments to leave a review in your podcasting app. Thanks! YouTube Check out the show and other exclusive videos on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/fortecatholic Connect 🎉Twitter: @taylorschroll & @fortecatholic 🎉Instagram: @taylorschroll 💖Twitch: Twitch.tv/fortecat Donate Forte Catholic is a 501c3 non-profit organization. Support the work with a tax-deductible donation here. Thanks! https://www.fortecatholic.com/donate All music used on the show is by Brandon “BeTheSymbol” Morel. Find his music at bethesymbol.com. Episode art by Sarah Allen Produced by Taylor Schroll Edited by Nate Bentz catholic, catholic podcast, best catholic podcast, top catholic podcast, easter, fr anthony sciarappa, catholic easter, addiction, morality, catholic morality, jesus, indulgences, catholic indulgences, catholic answers Fr. Anthony joins Taylor for a discussion on what we should be focusing on during the extended Easter season. Taylor also shares a strange insight about the people who grew up around Jesus during the "lost years" of his childhood/teen/young adult years.

Taylor also asks Fr. Anthony about indulgences:
-What are they?
-Why the bad rap?
-Are they worth the confusion?

They also discuss the morality of addiction, especially when addiction leads to other sins. It is a complicated and nuanced discussion on sin, culpability & the depths of the moral life.

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]]> Fr. Anthony joins Taylor for a discussion on what we should be focusing on during the extended Easter season. Taylor also shares a strange insight about the people who grew up around Jesus during the "lost years" of his childhood/teen/young adult years.

Taylor also asks Fr. Anthony about indulgences:
-What are they?
-Why the bad rap?
-Are they worth the confusion?

They also discuss the morality of addiction, especially when addiction leads to other sins. It is a complicated and nuanced discussion on sin, culpability & the depths of the moral life.

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]]> 132: Easter Celebrations w/Fr Joseph-Anthony Kress & Allison Sullivan https://fortecatholic.fireside.fm/132 tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/610822476 Wed, 24 Apr 2019 13:00:00 -0500 Taylor Schroll full Taylor Schroll Happy Easters!!!! We hope you enjoyed your Easter day and are continuing to enjoy the celebration of this great season! Allison Sullivan cohosts as we discuss how our Lent's went, Easter joy and Taylor being the balance in the Force. Our guest this week is Fr. Joseph-Anthony Kress, a Dominican priest who is the chaplain at the University of Virginia. 54:36 no Happy Easters!!!! We hope you enjoyed your Easter day and are continuing to enjoy the celebration of this great season! This week, Allison Sullivan cohosts as we discuss how our Lent's went, Easter joy and Taylor being the balance in the Force. Our guest this week is Fr. Joseph-Anthony Kress, a Dominican priest who is the chaplain at the University of Virginia. We talk about how he and Taylor met(including a dino suit, a car wreck and a bar). We also talk about what young adults need most to grow in holiness and feel a part of the Church. The show wraps up with a conversation on Allison's upcoming live recording of her podcast on the topic of race. We start the discussion on this touchy topic and why we should have these often difficult conversations. Subscribe/Rate Never miss out on the craziness of each episode by subscribing to our channel here (https://www.youtube.com/c/ForteCatholic?sub_confirmation=1) Help other people find the show and live the Joy of the Gospel by sharing this video on your social media. Thanks! Follow Forte Catholic: 🎉Twitter: @taylorschroll(https://twitter.com/TaylorSchroll) & @fortecatholic(https://twitter.com/ForteCatholic) 🎉Instagram: @taylorschroll(https://www.instagram.com/taylorschroll/) 💖Twitch: Twitch.tv/fortecat Forte Catholic Podcast: 🎵 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/forte-catholic-podcast-making-catholicism-fun-again/id1162464998?mt=2 🎵 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1ZiCiNAg9c9vaAuKdKuX2C?si=9uAB6FuDSpejZNOIve3xjQ 🎵 Fireside: https://fortecatholic.fireside.fm Donate Forte Catholic is a 501c3 non-profit organization. Support the work with a tax-deductible donation here. Thanks! https://www.fortecatholic.com/donate Music by Taylor Schroll & Brandon "BeTheSymbol" Morel. BeTheSymbol.com. Used with permission. Logos designed by James Longoria Produced by Taylor Schroll Edited by Sarah Allen & Taylor Schroll catholic, catholicism, catholic podcast, taylor schroll, top catholic podcasts, best catholic podcasts, catholic church, catholic speakers, allison sullivan, fr joseph-anthony kress, dominican order, dominican priest, lent, easter, catholic easter, race, race relations, race conversation, Happy Easters!!!! We hope you enjoyed your Easter day and are continuing to enjoy the celebration of this great season!

This week, Allison Sullivan cohosts as we discuss how our Lent's went, Easter joy and Taylor being the balance in the Force.

Our guest this week is Fr. Joseph-Anthony Kress, a Dominican priest who is the chaplain at the University of Virginia. We talk about how he and Taylor met(including a dino suit, a car wreck and a bar). We also talk about what young adults need most to grow in holiness and feel a part of the Church.

The show wraps up with a conversation on Allison's upcoming live recording of her podcast on the topic of race. We start the discussion on this touchy topic and why we should have these often difficult conversations.

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]]> Happy Easters!!!! We hope you enjoyed your Easter day and are continuing to enjoy the celebration of this great season!

This week, Allison Sullivan cohosts as we discuss how our Lent's went, Easter joy and Taylor being the balance in the Force.

Our guest this week is Fr. Joseph-Anthony Kress, a Dominican priest who is the chaplain at the University of Virginia. We talk about how he and Taylor met(including a dino suit, a car wreck and a bar). We also talk about what young adults need most to grow in holiness and feel a part of the Church.

The show wraps up with a conversation on Allison's upcoming live recording of her podcast on the topic of race. We start the discussion on this touchy topic and why we should have these often difficult conversations.

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Forte Catholic Podcast:
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