web02.fireside.fm Wed, 22 Apr 2026 20:18:30 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Forte Catholic - Episodes Tagged with “Fr Mike Schmitz” https://fortecatholic.fireside.fm/tags/fr%20mike%20schmitz Wed, 04 Sep 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 398: Jesus Christ: Professional Wrestler w/ Fr. Anthony Sciarappa https://fortecatholic.fireside.fm/398 18f7027d-0e56-4c1f-9b4e-3198c6ad2b0f Wed, 04 Sep 2024 01:00:00 -0500 Taylor Schroll full Taylor Schroll Fr. Anthony has evangelized Taylor into a wrestling fan and now he and his entire household are watching. This leads to a pro wrestling themed conversation where we decide which of our Catholic heroes would be the best wrestlers and talk through their story lines. It's a very fun conversation that we hope you enjoy :) 1:05:39 no Fr. Anthony has evangelized Taylor into a wrestling fan and now he and his entire household are watching. This leads to a pro wrestling themed conversation where we decide which of our Catholic heroes would be the best wrestlers and talk through their potential story lines. It's a very fun conversation that we hope you enjoy :) 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, roman reigns, pro wrestling, professional wrestling, fr anthony sciarappa, clerically speaking, fr harrison ayre, fr mike schmitz, kathryn whitaker, allison sullivan, Fr. Anthony has evangelized Taylor into a wrestling fan and now he and his entire household are watching. This leads to a pro wrestling themed conversation where we decide which of our Catholic heroes would be the best wrestlers and talk through their potential story lines. It's a very fun conversation that we hope you enjoy :)

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]]> Fr. Anthony has evangelized Taylor into a wrestling fan and now he and his entire household are watching. This leads to a pro wrestling themed conversation where we decide which of our Catholic heroes would be the best wrestlers and talk through their potential story lines. It's a very fun conversation that we hope you enjoy :)

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]]> 357: Main Character Energy & Ferocious Faith w/ Liv Harrison https://fortecatholic.fireside.fm/357 1249bd1d-1290-4b6e-9e72-bbe037b1c9f9 Wed, 04 Oct 2023 09:00:00 -0500 Taylor Schroll full Taylor Schroll Taylor & Liv discuss battling Main Character Energy in our spiritual lives and relationships. They also have some alliterative suggestions for finding a way out of dryness in prayer. 1:12:33 no Liv Harrison is back in studio to talk with Taylor about Main Character Energy. We all think from our own point of view, so how do we break out of thinking we're the main character in the story. Taylor shares a strange tactic he uses to try and not make everything about him. Liv shares about her new tattoos & alliterative faith advice. Taylor is incredibly proud of one of his jokes & they discuss a possible solution to dryness in prayer. We hope you enjoy this episode! 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 & Edited by Taylor Schroll catholic, catholic podcast, best catholic podcast, top catholic podcast, liv Harrison, main character energy, video games, taylor schroll, catholic tattoos, ferocious faith, dryness in prayer, fr mike Schmitz Liv Harrison is back in studio to talk with Taylor about Main Character Energy. We all think from our own point of view, so how do we break out of thinking we're the main character in the story. Taylor shares a strange tactic he uses to try and not make everything about him.

Liv shares about her new tattoos & alliterative faith advice. Taylor is incredibly proud of one of his jokes & they discuss a possible solution to dryness in prayer. We hope you enjoy this episode!

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]]> Liv Harrison is back in studio to talk with Taylor about Main Character Energy. We all think from our own point of view, so how do we break out of thinking we're the main character in the story. Taylor shares a strange tactic he uses to try and not make everything about him.

Liv shares about her new tattoos & alliterative faith advice. Taylor is incredibly proud of one of his jokes & they discuss a possible solution to dryness in prayer. We hope you enjoy this episode!

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]]> 350: Candlelight Mass & the Morality of the Zombie Apocalypse w/ Fr. Anthony Sciarappa (Live from Pittsburgh!) https://fortecatholic.fireside.fm/350 3470b4b9-7a47-4f45-9035-9cc6fb7dba46 Wed, 16 Aug 2023 01:00:00 -0500 Taylor Schroll full Taylor Schroll Our 350th Episode Live from Fr. Anthony's Rectory! They discuss a fancy candlelit Mass that Taylor attended & Fr. Anthony's parish. They have a conversation about fancy Churches, prayer entrapment & the grace of ordination. They also have a long awaited conversation about the morality of the zombie apocalypse! What would you do!?!? 1:11:10 no Our 350th Episode Live from Fr. Anthony's Rectory! They discuss a fancy candlelit Mass that Taylor attended & Fr. Anthony's parish. They have a conversation about fancy Churches, prayer entrapment & the grace of ordination. They also have a long awaited conversation about the morality of the zombie apocalypse! What would you do!?!? 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 & Edited by Taylor Schroll catholic, catholic podcast, best catholic podcast, top catholic podcast, zombies, zombie apocalypse, fr anthony sciarappa, taylor schroll, catholic mass, candlelit mass, ad orientem, tall churches, pretty churches, pittsburgh, catholic family land, catholic priests, catholic priesthood, catechism in a year, fr mike schmitz, catholic zombies, catholic morality Our 350th Episode Live from Fr. Anthony's Rectory!

They discuss a fancy candlelit Mass that Taylor attended & Fr. Anthony's parish. They have a conversation about fancy Churches, prayer entrapment & the grace of ordination. They also have a long awaited conversation about the morality of the zombie apocalypse! What would you do!?!?

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]]> Our 350th Episode Live from Fr. Anthony's Rectory!

They discuss a fancy candlelit Mass that Taylor attended & Fr. Anthony's parish. They have a conversation about fancy Churches, prayer entrapment & the grace of ordination. They also have a long awaited conversation about the morality of the zombie apocalypse! What would you do!?!?

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]]> 298: Wild Confession Story, Catechism in a Year & Making a Disciple w/Everett Fritz & Liv Harrison https://fortecatholic.fireside.fm/298 be78b1e3-2bf1-4208-9949-236716f85331 Wed, 20 Jul 2022 01:00:00 -0500 Taylor Schroll full Taylor Schroll 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. 1:10:10 no 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! :) Subscribe/Rate Never miss out on the craziness of each episode by hitting the subscribe button RIGHT NOW! Help other people find the show and #MakeCatholicismFunAgain 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 Amazon Smile Support us FOR FREE with your purchases on Amazon! Amazon Smile is their program where they give a portion of each of your purchases as a donation to your favorite charity. Click the link to easily set it up and then it will work on it's own in the background for all of your purchases to support our non-profit. https://smile.amazon.com/ch/85-1042898 All music used on the show is by Brandon “BeTheSymbol” Morel. Find his music at bethesymbol.com. Episode art by Rebekah Gerhart catholic, catholic podcast, best catholic podcast, top catholic podcast, fr mike schmitz, catechism in a year, everett fritz, taylor schroll, liv harrison, catholic discipleship, jpii, catholic confession, confession 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!

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]]> 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!

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