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Taylor Schroll 7/5/24 Taylor Schroll 7/5/24

Aggie Baseball, Loyalty & Leadership w/ Kathryn Whitaker | Forte Catholic Podcast Ep 392

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 bonus.)

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Taylor Schroll 5/15/24 Taylor Schroll 5/15/24

Meltdown May! | Forte Catholic Podcast Ep 386

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.

All music used on the show is by Brandon “BeTheSymbol” Morel. Find his music at bethesymbol.com.

Taylor Schroll 4/17/24 Taylor Schroll 4/17/24

Theft, Exercising Demons & Unity Game w/ Allison Sullivan | Forte Catholic Podcast Ep 384

Allison does something to Taylor that is one of his biggest pet peeves so he calls her out on it! 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!

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!

All music used on the show is by Brandon “BeTheSymbol” Morel. Find his music at bethesymbol.com.

Taylor Schroll 8/2/23 Taylor Schroll 8/2/23

Childhood, Slumps & Alphabet Game w/ Kathryn Whitaker | Forte Catholic Podcast Ep 348

Kathryn & Taylor discuss how to break slumps in faith & talk about how they're the same/different than they were as kids & play the faith version of the alphabet game.

Taylor kicks off the show by asking Kathryn about her history with sports. They discuss how to break a slump in sports and what that teaches us about breaking slumps in our faith. Kathryn also gives the best sports team name of all time!

Next, they play the faith based version of the alphabet game. They attempt to have discussions about faith topics with every alternating sentences that have to start with the next letter in the alphabet. It's silly and leads to some outrageous statements.

Finally, Taylor realizes that he doesn't know much about Kathryn's childhood so they share stories about how they're very similar now to as they were as kids and some other ways where they are very different.

All music used on the show is by Brandon “BeTheSymbol” Morel. Find his music at bethesymbol.com.

Taylor Schroll 5/10/23 Taylor Schroll 5/10/23

Champions & Miracles w/ Allison Sullivan | Forte Catholic Podcast Ep 338

Our happiest episode in months! Taylor's Track Girls are State Champions! And his son's arm is (miraculously?) healed! Allison has HUGE news as well!

In a special and rare episode, both Taylor & Allison are INCREDIBLY HAPPY! The ladies that Taylor coaches won the first athletic state title in the storied history of their school. It was a really special weekend with yelling & cheering & tears & bountiful joy! Allison rejoices with him as he retells the story!

The other big stressor in Taylor's life the last couple of weeks has been his son's broken arm. They got news this week that he doesn't need surgery after all! A huge blessing with a story of healing & our community rallying around us. Thank you all for your support!

Allison also has BIG news of her own to share that Taylor gets to celebrate with her!

All music used on the show is by Brandon “BeTheSymbol” Morel. Find his music at bethesymbol.com.

Taylor Schroll 5/3/23 Taylor Schroll 5/3/23

Roller Coasters, Practice & Parenting w/ Kathryn Whitaker | Forte Catholic Podcast Ep 337

Taylor is joined by Kathryn Whitaker in studio as they talk about the high highs and the low lows of the last couple of weeks. They also discuss the importance of being a "practicing" Catholic and how that may mean a shift in focus on how we view our spiritual journeys.

Taylor is joined by Kathryn Whitaker in studio as they talk about the high highs and the low lows of the last couple of weeks. Taylor shares the good, bad and ugly from his track coaching, parenting and spiritual life. Kathryn shares her insight and wisdom from her experiences as a mom and Catholic.

They also discuss the importance of being a "practicing" Catholic and how that may mean a shift in focus on how we view our spiritual journeys. Enjoy!

All music used on the show is by Brandon “BeTheSymbol” Morel. Find his music at bethesymbol.com.

Taylor Schroll 7/6/22 Taylor Schroll 7/6/22

Liturgical Abuse, Priest Formation & Leadership w/Bearded Blevins & Fr. Anthony | Forte Catholic Podcast Ep 296

Fr. Anthony, Bearded Blevins & Taylor team up for this episode where they discuss liturgical abuse, how priest formation takes too long but often isn't enough & share a story about sacrificial leadership. And speaking of leadership...is Pope Francis retiring soon!?!?

Fr. Anthony is still in Texas so he teams up with Taylor & Jon to discuss a wide variety of topics. The start off with a hilarious video that swept the Catholic internet last week of a priest sharing the most hilarious intercessions at Mass. This leads to a discussion of liturgical abuse and what we can do about it(and what Jon has already done!)

Next, Taylor posits that priest seminary formation takes way too long and yet often isn't enough. The three amigos put their heads together to try and find a middle ground solution.

To close the show, they discuss a recent interview with the awesome head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers, Mike Tomlin. It's a story about how he held out one of his stars players from a game because it was what was best for the player. A true sign of leadership. And speaking of leadership...is Pope Francis retiring soon?!?!

We hope you enjoy this week's episode!

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Taylor Schroll 7/21/21 Taylor Schroll 7/21/21

Hollywood, Priorities & Apologies w/Kramer Soderberg & Allison Sullivan | Forte Catholic Podcast Ep 249

Allison shares about her recent successful trip to Hollywood & Taylor shares a new apology method that he heard on Instagram that he thinks is bonkers. Allison thinks it's terrible advice for him but probably good for everyone else. Kramer Soderberg joins the show to chat about his new outlook on setting priorities.

Allison Sullivan is back from her fancy trip to Hollywood to launch her acting career and...it was a great trip! She shares the highlights of the trip & the joy that it brought her and her family.

In the second segment, Coach Kramer Soderberg, joins the show. He is a college basketball coach who is very open about his Catholicism. He shares the key values he wants to instill in his players and how those correlate very easily into living out our Catholicism. Check out his book "Fill Your Cup For Christ" at https://kramersoderberg.com/

To close out the show, Taylor shares a new apology technique that he saw on Instagram that he thinks is bonkers. Allison isn't so sure though. She shares that it's terrible advice for Taylor in particular but actually good for a certain group of people. Everyone was surprised in this conversation!

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Taylor Schroll 11/18/20 Taylor Schroll 11/18/20

Forte Catholic Podcast Episode 214

Liv went to Disney World in the middle of a global pandemic so Taylor has questions. He also shares his big coaching news, lack of patience and they discuss healthy vs. unhealthy pride. Enjoy!

Liv Harrison went to Disney World in the midst of a global pandemic and Taylor has a segment's worth of questions for her. They argue(what's new?)

Taylor coaches at the local Catholic school and their football team had a historic win this weekend! He shares with Liv what happened and they have a conversation about the balance between healthy vs. unhealthy pride.

Finally, Taylor shares that his week wasn't all roses and complains about his first world problems and how his kids apparently view him.

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