Forte Catholic - Episodes Tagged with “Confession”

414: Relics & Weird Confessions w/ Fr. Anthony Sciarappa

Taylor Schroll — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 01:00:00 -0600

We PROMISE you will never think about relics the same way again...for better or worse lol

This week we get into the WEIRD side of Catholicism. Taylor has never thought too deeply about relics but now that he has, he has some questions for our friendly neighborhood priest. Learn all you ever wanted to know about 400% more in the first half of today's show.

In the next segment, Taylor asks Fr. Anthony how we would handle a list of very strange confessions. This conversation was sparked by seeing the confessional in some movies, tv shows and video games that may or may not understand the Sacrament. Enjoy!

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298: Wild Confession Story, Catechism in a Year & Making a Disciple w/Everett Fritz & Liv Harrison

Taylor Schroll — Wed, 20 Jul 2022 01:00:00 -0500

Taylor and Liv kick off the episode by sharing his big news that he has been selected as one of the four audio editors for Catechism in a Year with Fr. Mike Schmitz!

Everett Fritz rejoins the show to discuss how to make ONE disciple. He says that one John Paul the Second has a larger impact on the world that thousands of mediocre Catholics so how do we create those saints?

Finally, Taylor shares one of the craziest experiences he's ever had in confession! It involved elation, anger, violins and more!

We hope you enjoy this week's episode! :)

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269: Pastoral Council, Bad Preaching & Good Penance w/Fr. Anthony Sciarappa

Taylor Schroll — Wed, 08 Dec 2021 01:00:00 -0600

Taylor shares some Italian stories with the Italian priest and then kicks off the show with news involving him and his new role at home parish that may surprise some of you. He also shares a question that he recently heard with Fr. Anthony for his thoughts: "Is it as important to read Vatican II as Scripture." An interesting discussion ensues.

Next, Fr. Anthony has a question. "Do good talks actually matter?"

Finally, Taylor shares the best penance he's ever received and how happy it made him to be Catholic. Enjoy!

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263: Busyness, Business & Burning Bush w/Jon Blevins

Taylor Schroll — Wed, 27 Oct 2021 01:00:00 -0500

Taylor celebrates his birthday in this episode cohosted by Jon "Bearded" Blevins. They chat about the things we miss when busyness creeps in. Taylor shares two anecdotal stories both involving the NBA. They also discuss the burning bush and it's implications for our modern day lives.

Our newest segment, "Punishment Fits the Crime" returns as the guys take turns being a penitent with a strange confession while the other gives a strange penance to match. All fun and games, but for real, go to confession. Enjoy this week's episode!

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260: Song of Songs & Punishments Fitting the Crime w/ Liv Harrison

Taylor Schroll — Wed, 06 Oct 2021 01:00:00 -0500

Taylor shares a story about surprising his wife when they were dating and singing a song to her based on Song of Songs. It's a very intense romance book in the middle of the Old Testament. This leads to a conversation with cohost Liv Harrison about what it means for our relationship with the works of God and the God of works.

Next, they introduce a new game called "Punishment Fits the Crime." They take turns being the penitent and the priest as one shares an odd thing to confess in reconciliation and the other responds with a fitting penance. It's hilarious and will make much more sense when you listen (we promise!)

To close out the show, they each answer random questions from our Pod Decks. This adds some spontaneity to the show when the hosts have to answer random questions from a deck of cards. The possibilities are endless!

We hope you enjoy this week's episode. :)

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236: Easter Party, Easter Questions & Fake Relics w/Fr. Anthony Sciarappa

Taylor Schroll — Wed, 21 Apr 2021 01:00:00 -0500

We're still celebrating Easter here at Forte Catholic! Taylor & Fr. Anthony Sciarappa discuss the Easter season they've had so far. Taylor shares his strange insights into the events of Holy Week & Divine Mercy Sunday. He also has a lot of questions that came up during that span like how was something Jesus said during his trial not a lie?

They both also share how the Lord spoke to them during this amazing season of the Church.

Finally, Taylor shares about his son's first confession, how hilarious it ended up being and a possible fake relic he prayed with during it. As always, Fr. Anthony is there to rescue the show with his answers and trying to reign Taylor in.

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199: Silly Traditions & Freestyle Preaching w/Fr. Anthony Sciarappa

Taylor Schroll — Wed, 05 Aug 2020 15:00:00 -0500

Taylor and Fr. Anthony Sciarappa both had recent experiences with the Church not keeping up with the times. And we don't mean we want the Church's Traditions to change, we mean we should be able to scan and email something instead of having to deliver a hand copy in person. That kind of thing.

Taylor also shares about his recent experience of returning to Confession and Mass for the first time since the pandemic began and how it wasn't quite what he expected and then game that was created to make Fr. Anthony uncomfortable! Freestyle Preaching is our new game where each host gives the other three random words that they then have to include in a 60 second sermon on the spot. Hilarious! But maybe you can also be inspired? Who knows.

We also rant about people scolding each other in Church, how we've somehow made "like" mean more than "love" as we have gotten older in a really odd way, the Saint who was canonized twice & weddings we went to where we didn't know anyone.

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138: Community, Friendship & Trust w/Liv Harrison

Taylor Schroll — Wed, 05 Jun 2019 11:00:00 -0500

Liv Harrison is back as guest co-host! Her and Taylor start the show by sharing their odd confession/adoration experience minutes before the show started. It was wild and sparks a discussion on distractions when trying to be holy.

The rest of the show, we talk about community & friendship. These are topics we've all heard about ad nauseam but with some new wrinkles that we new to the hosts and made for an interesting conversation. It gave us great insight into some issues we have had before in relationships and tiffs. Tune in to laugh, learn a bit about yourself & your friends and....uh...laugh again.

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Episode 82: Fr. Jared Cooke Co-hosts as we talk confession, priesthood, & ambition

Taylor Schroll — Tue, 08 May 2018 23:00:00 -0500

WHAT!?!? It finally happened! After months of publicly calling out my favorite baby priest, Fr. Jared Cooke finally came on the show! He's the Matt Damon to my Jimmy Kimmel.

We talked highlights from his first year as a priest, confession, who's holier, ambition, & went toe to toe in a trivia game.

We almost lost our voices from laughing so hard. Tune in for this extra special episode of Forte Catholic!

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Episode 5: All Saints Day w/Dr. Alex Gotay

Taylor Schroll — Tue, 01 Nov 2016 23:00:00 -0500

This episode, I was on the air to celebrate All Saints Day with a discussion on saints, superheroes and more. I also introduce the new segment "Mass Text” and have a discussion on the biggest thing holding us back from the sainthood we were made for. I also welcome special guest Alex Gotay, a tremendous speaker and youth minister extraordinaire who was in town to speak at a youth event about getting through the craziness in our world today.

The song used in the third segment is Confessions by the Poor Kings. Search for it on iTunes.

Special Guest: Alex Gotay.

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