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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 w ...
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A casual reflection on the lives and sayings of the desert fathers.
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393: Hemp Homily, Monastery Visit & Answered Prayers w/ Kathryn Whitaker
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Taylor shares three stories today about God showing up in some of the strangest places & one story about how Christians can just be the dumbest sometimes lol. We hope you enjoy this conversation about finding God in the strangest places, the most obvious places and the strange reactions when it happens. Subscribe/Rate Never miss out on the crazines…
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392: Aggie Baseball, Loyalty & Leadership w/ Kathryn Whitaker
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KATHRYN WHITAKER CALLED FOR AN EMERGENCY EPISODE! The Texas A&M Aggie Baseball team has had QUITE the saga over the past few weeks and she has THOUGHTS! It's a story of triumph, failure, loyalty, dishonor, anger and so much more! We hope you enjoy our conversation on this hot stove issue of the summer (with fancy connections to Church issues as a b…
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Taylor shares some funny insights he had into the storm themed readings from this past Sunday. GOD DOESN'T CARE ABOUT YOUR STORM!!! ...but he does care about you! He also shares about a breakthrough he's had in how he's thinking about his career in regards to duplication of mission. This came after a meeting with a Vatican official(FANCY!) We hope …
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390: 50th Birthday, The King & Redemption w/ Kathryn Whitaker
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Kathryn celebrates her 50th birthday this week & has a cool announcement about a new project and shares what it was like being a part of the largest concert in US History, seeing George Strait perform at Texas A&M to 110k people. Taylor shares the deepest spiritual insight he's received in a year that came from a surprising source. We hope it impac…
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389: Bad Evangelization & Lost at Sea w/ Fr. Anthony Sciarappa
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Live from Pittsburgh! Taylor visits Fr. Anthony and they record from the rectory. Taylor suggests seven Catholic things and asks Father whether they are more helpful for evangelization or more of a hinderance. They agree on a few, disagree on other but have good conversations about all. Then, in honor of last year's discussion on the morality of th…
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388: Cramps, Catholic Mashup & Marian Apparitions w/ Shaun McAfee
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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. To close the show, Shaun shares about the Pope's new document on Marian Apparitions and gives his insight into these apparitions as a convert. Shaun's new book is out now! B…
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387: Liturgical Music & Catholic Superstitions w/ Fr. Anthony Sciarappa
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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 this?!?! Subscribe/Rate Never miss out on the craziness of each episode by …
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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. Subscribe/Rate Never miss out on the craz…
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385: Softball, Germany & Mentorship w/ Kathryn Whitaker
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Taylor shares his epic fails over the last couple of weeks & how softball and his spiritual life are showing some similarities. Kathryn discusses her upcoming pilgrimage to Germany & Austria while Taylor questions what could possibly be Catholic about everyone's FAVORITE country. She actually knocks the question out of the park and makes him look q…
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384: Theft, Exercising Demons & Unity Game w/ Allison Sullivan
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Allison does something to Taylor that is one of his biggest pet peeves so he calls her out on it! They then commiserate about their similar troubles. Taylor shares some good news about his track team utilizing a fun play on words. Finally, they play a new TikTok game that is fun, even though Allison talks gibberish through most of it. Enjoy! Subscr…
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383: Idiots, Eclipse & Gifts of the Spirit w/ Fr. Anthony Sciarappa
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A total eclipse is as rare as an incredible episode of this show. Both happened this week! Taylor and Fr. Anthony start the show by sharing a few things in their lives/parishes that are going really well, and a few that could use work. Then, Taylor gets Fr. Anthony ranting about his favorite topic: THE MOON! With the rare eclipse happening this wee…
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382: Catholic Speakers, Freestyle Preaching & Foster Care w/ Ryan O'Hara
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I've respected Ryan O'Hara from afar for quite some time now so I was thrilled when we connected to be on each other's shows. In this episode, we talk about his podcast "Better Preach" where he chats with speakers on how they hone their craft of sharing the Gospel. We also put him to the test with our spur of the moment Catholic talk game called "F…
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381: Holy Week & Why We're Catholic w/ Kathryn Whitaker
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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 od…
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380: Anger Management & Catholic Questions w/ Allison Sullivan
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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. They also soft l…
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379: Comedy of Errors & Eucharistic Questions w/ Fr Anthony Sciarappa
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Taylor & Fr. Anthony Sciarappa jump right in to discuss their frustrating and difficult past couple of weeks. Taylor can only laugh as he shares the comedy of errors occuring in his life. Next, they play a brand new game to try and lighten the mood. The game was stolen from social media and we're not exactly sure how it went. You'll either love it …
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Kathryn Whitaker's First Guest Appearances | Forte Flashback
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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. Today's show kicks off with her first appearance is person on Ep 256. We were recording in Liv Harrison's house so t…
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378: Lent, Blackjack & Gen Z Bible w/ Kathryn Whitaker
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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. Subscribe/Rate Never miss out on the craziness of each episode by hitting the subscribe button RIGHT NOW! Help other people fi…
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