Allison took the spiritual gifts assessment and reveals her results which leads to a good conversation on finding our place in the Church community. She also keeps Taylor on his toes by asking some of her favorite "21 questions." Nick Senz joins the show to compare NBA legends to Catholic Saints in a fun way to learn more great saint stories.
Morality & the Sacred Heart w/Fr. Anthony Sciarappa | Forte Catholic Podcast Ep 332
Taylor has questions about some weird Church rules and some strange morality questions for Fr. Anthony. Father also shares about his recent trip to Canada and shares some reflections on the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
Sacrilege, Yolo & November Saints w/Fr. Anthony Sciarappa | Forte Catholic Podcast Ep 313
Taylor & Fr. Anthony discuss what sacrilege is and a recent song that may be the most sacrilegious yet! They also discuss the surprising origins of the term "yolo" & play our favorite saints game with November feast days! Enjoy :)
The Four P's, Naked Saints & Parish Life w/Jon Blevins | Forte Catholic Podcast Ep 308
Taylor tries to prove to Jon that his barber is lying to him. He has questions about a famous St. Francis story, a change in the Mass that makes very little sense & talking through parish life.
Chaotic Energy, Marriage & Saint Miracles w/JMJ Missions & Allison Sullivan | Forte Catholic Podcast Ep 297
Allison Sullivan cohosts with Taylor Schroll with the most chaotic episode they've ever done together! They were all over the place & got increasingly grumpy with each other...which they realized was due to them both being hangry. Along the way they tackle work/life balance, professional success, meeting your heroes, marriage and much more. The founders of JMJ Missions share their favorite saint miracle stories.
Redemptive Suffering, Catholic Mashup & The Way w/Bearded Blevins | Forte Catholic Podcast Ep 282
Jon Blevins cohosts as we discuss offering our Lenten sacrifices on behalf of others, our newest trivia game & the best lines from St. Escriva's spiritual classic "The Way."
Los Angeles, Imitate/Intercess/Ignore & Prep for Lent w/Kathryn Whitaker & Fr. Innocent | Forte Catholic Podcast Ep 279
Kathryn Whitaker is in town and joins Taylor to talk about his trip to LA and her recent experience of extreme hospitality at Church. They also play our saints game "Imitate, Intercess or Ignore." Fr. Innocent Montgomery joins the show to share how we can enter into the desert with Jesus this Lent.
Forte Catholic Podcast Episode 238
Taylor shares a terrible review of him and the show and says the person was actually right lol. He and Jon play Imitate, Intercess or Ignore and then talk about some Scriptures Taylor found in the bathroom lol.
Forte Catholic Podcast Episode 235
Taylor & Allison had quite the day in their small Texas town, Taylor joined a club Allison didn't think he would ever join and we introduce a new Saints game called Imitate, Intercess or Ignore. It's a hit y'all!
Forte Catholic Podcast Episode 222
Taylor tries a new approach to the first segment by sharing some of his favorite quotes he's heard recently. It doesn't rein Liv in but it's entertaining none-the-less. Liv then shares about her new positivity challenge she's running for over 300 people and Taylor asks when she became positive. Finally they play a game that doesn't go anything like Taylor expected.
Forte Catholic Podcast Episode 221
Taylor FINALLY made it back to Mass at his home parish and it came with a HUGE surprise that no one else seemed to notice. Jon Blevins cohosts and the guys share their January 2021 Saint Power Rankings. In the final segment, they use Jen Fulwiler's Word of the Year generator to find out what their word for 2021 is.
Forte Catholic Podcast Episode 217
Jesus played against Mary in a basketball game and the winner determined how we should be praying. We also brought back two long forgotten segments and had an absolute blast! We rate recent hot takes from our friends at Clerically Speaking and learn that Jon truly has a gift from God in Life Verse where the Lord speaks directly through us to share a message with someone.
Forte Catholic Podcast Episode 216
Taylor got his beard trimmed for the first time since the pre-covid era and it was a very strange experience. Fr. Anthony opens a mystery gift from a listener, reveals his secret Taekwondo talent and Taylor rails on spiritual bouquets.
Forte Catholic Podcast Episode 131
Bearded Blevins co-hosts as we discuss Tiger Woods winning the Masters and what that has to do with Taylor’s spiritual life. We also look through the Passion narrative and connect with some characters we’ve barely noticed before. Our guest this week is recently retired professional soccer player Luke Vercollone. We discuss his career and striving for sainthood.
Forte Catholic Podcast Episode 80
We talked about how Taylor’s marriage is like Adam and Eve’s, “what’s in it for me?” in serving others and sharing bad puns. Trent Horn also rejoined the show to correct some #FakeNews about the saints.
Forte Catholic Podcast Episode 5
A special All Saints Day episode with the obvious discussion on saints, an interview with Alex Gotay and a addressing one of the biggest things keeping us from sainthood.