The goal of the Forte Catholic Podcast is to inspire, uplift, and share the Good News in a way that will help you take the next step in your faith, no matter where you are on your journey with God.

Taylor Schroll 10/28/20 Taylor Schroll 10/28/20

Forte Catholic Podcast Episode 211

-A story of two football games that made Taylor realize what's been going on in his life

-Allison's adoption story

-A story of two cars that made Taylor realize what's been going on in his life

The show kicks off with Taylor sharing the story of two football games that looked very similar on the scoreboard but were very different experiences for him and his players. It made Taylor realize the unhealthy mindset he's had lately(psst....you might have it to)

In the second segment, Allison shares her story of adoption: the beauty, the struggles and the lessons. This is the first time her and Taylor have discussed it publicly and it gives a big insight into who Allison is. She also shares some of the nuggets of wisdom she's learned through the process.

Finally, Taylor shares how different he treats his new car from his old one and what that says about how we view ourselves.

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Taylor Schroll 10/21/20 Taylor Schroll 10/21/20

Forte Catholic Podcast Episode 210

Taylor went to visit Liv this weekend so they have a lot to share about their adventures together. What went right and what went VERY wrong! Taylor also got the cops called on him this week while trying to do the Lord's work. And finally, he finally has a moment with Jesus instantly ruined by Taco Bell. What a week!

Taylor went to visit Liv this weekend so they have a lot to share about their adventures together. What went right and what went VERY wrong!

Taylor also got the cops called on him this week while trying to do the Lord's work. Wonderful...

And finally, he finally has a moment with Jesus instantly ruined by Taco Bell. What a week!

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Taylor Schroll 10/14/20 Taylor Schroll 10/14/20

Forte Catholic Podcast Episode 209

We tried to kick off the show with a beautiful conversation about loving our neighbor but Jon wanted to talk about straws for a while. Taylor talks about Jon's mom(and isn't offensive...wow) and how we can't love a God we can't see if we don't love the people we can. The guys have a conversation about objective and subjective truth in Catholicism and how people often get them confused in both directions. Finally, Taylor shares how big of a failure his is with the help of the trusty dog Airbud.

The guys have a conversation about objective and subjective truth in Catholicism and how people often get them confused in both directions.

Finally, Taylor shares how big of a failure his is with the help of the trusty dog Airbud.

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Taylor Schroll 10/7/20 Taylor Schroll 10/7/20

Forte Catholic Podcast Episode 208

Four years of Forte Catholic! Taylor gives his pitch for re-election to Fr. Anthony, they share insights on Pope Francis’ new encyclical, Taylor disagrees with the Pope for the first time(gasp) and Koji de Ramos rejoins the show to share about Catholicism in the workplace and mindset shifts.

Fr. Anthony cohosts the four year anniversary show! Taylor kicks it off by looking back at all the ups and downs of the last four years and makes his pitch for re-election as host for four more years of this strange show.

Koji de Ramos rejoins the show to discuss being Catholic at work and some much needed mindset shifts for our careers after a year that threw us all for a loop.

Finally, the guys share their initial thoughts on the new encyclical from Pope Francis. And for the first time publicly, Taylor disagrees with a Pope(gasp!). Be sure to stay until the end to see what caused this!

Thanks for all the support of the show over the years! It means the world to us :) Blessings

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Taylor Schroll 9/30/20 Taylor Schroll 9/30/20

Forte Catholic Podcast Episode 207

Allison Sullivan cohosts and brings way more stories about squirrels than any of us saw coming. She also shares how she got shadow banned on Instagram and Taylor goes into his experience with brain eating amoebas this weekend. They continue with a conversation about subjective vs. objective holiness, getting graded on holiness(lol) and enjoying a slower pace of life.

They continue with a conversation about subjective vs. objective holiness, getting graded on holiness(lol) and enjoying a slower pace of life.

P.S. This episode has the best commercials we've ever done thanks to Allison.

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Taylor Schroll 9/23/20 Taylor Schroll 9/23/20

Forte Catholic Podcast Episode 206

"Olivia Newton John" cohosts an interesting episode that kicks off with some great news for the show balanced with Taylor bombing his last talk. Taylor made a mistake coaching his football team and it made him remember some very gloomy Scripture passages...that eventually leads to quite a deal of laughter. Finally, Taylor and Liv chat about how sometimes hearing things in a negative light actually make you understand them positively.

"Olivia Newton John" cohosts an interesting episode that kicks off with some great news for the show balanced with Taylor bombing his last talk.

Taylor made a mistake coaching his football team and it made him remember some very gloomy Scripture passages...that eventually leads to quite a deal of laughter.

Finally, Taylor and Liv chat about how sometimes hearing things in a negative light actually make you understand them positively. Strange. Enjoy!

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Taylor Schroll 9/16/20 Taylor Schroll 9/16/20

Forte Catholic Podcast Episode 205

Jon Blevins cohosts and Taylor yells at him & tries to take his man card. Jon responds by sharing a minor miracle story so Taylor shares about the tree people who swarmed his home this week which perfectly leads to a discussion on how God interacts with aliens. Finally, Taylor shares how Jesus hurt a lot of people's feelings and Taylor follows in his footsteps.

Jon Blevins cohosts and shares about his lovely weekend with his wife celebrating their anniversary. Taylor yells at him for his actions, tries to take his man card and Jon responds by sharing a minor miracle story.

Taylor shares about the tree people who swarmed his home this week which perfectly leads to a discussion on how God interacts with aliens. Do they exist? Did Jesus save them? Is his name Todd?

Finally, Taylor shares how Jesus hurt a lot of people's feelings and Taylor follows in his footsteps.

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Taylor Schroll 9/9/20 Taylor Schroll 9/9/20

Forte Catholic Podcast Episode 204

Taylor & Fr. Anthony discuss the parable of the talents in light of how it opposes the way many of us think. Taylor rants about people using (and not using) their voice well in our current unrest and plays a game with Kyle Heimann about loud things :)

Fr. Anthony cohosts as Taylor shares about his trip to the dentist, a podcast he recently listened to that he wants to rant about and how the parable of the talents pushes back on how a lot of us think.

In the second segment, we hear Taylor's appearance on the Kyle Heimann Show "Catholic Games." Kyle quizzes Taylor on his knowledge of loud things in the world and in our faith.

In the final segment, the guys discuss the NBA, racial inequality and many people's reaction to it. I think we all need to take a step back and assess our reactions.

Enjoy y'all!

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Taylor Schroll 9/2/20 Taylor Schroll 9/2/20

Forte Catholic Podcast Episode 203

The OG Queen of Forte Catholic is back! Allison Sullivan returns as cohost! She shares what she's been up to and chats with Taylor about how/why he got his new car, how Solomon ruined one of the greatest gifts ever, what Ezekiel has to do with Mulan aaaaand they name a bunch of bible characters who previously didn't have names.

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Taylor Schroll 8/26/20 Taylor Schroll 8/26/20

Forte Catholic Podcast Episode 202

Liv & Taylor discuss a men's talk he gave recently that was written by a woman. They also discuss pretty intimately Liv's struggles this summer and then Taylor tries to sound smart for the first time in a while and mispronounces the fancy new word he learned the whole time.

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Taylor Schroll 8/19/20 Taylor Schroll 8/19/20

Forte Catholic Podcast Episode 201

Bearded Blevins and Taylor discuss a few things getting back to normal like sports, restaurants and (some) schools. Jon gets to judge three new metaphors about confession that Taylor came up with & the guys share stories of intense emotion ranging from embarrassment to rage to fear.

Jon "Bearded" Blevins cohosts what he dubbed the "hangover" episode after Ep 200's celebrations. We discuss some things like sports, dining out and schools opening back up and getting just a taste of "normalcy".

In the second segment, Jon gets to judge three new metaphors about confession that Taylor came up with. They range from terrible to maybe great?? You decide!

Finally, the guys share stories of intense emotion ranging from embarrassment to rage to fear. We had a good few laughs and might have even attempted to make a point. Enjoy!

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Taylor Schroll 8/12/20 Taylor Schroll 8/12/20

Forte Catholic Podcast Episode 200

Fr. Anthony, Liv & Jon all join the show together for the first time to celebrate our 200th episode! We take some time to get to know each other and air greivances about working with Taylor. Then Taylor decides which cohost he likes the best by making them all play "Freestyle Preaching," & Fr. Anthony comes up with a segment of ranking things where we all argue best movies franchises, video games and BBQ.

200th Episode Celebration!!!

Fr. Anthony, Liv & Jon all join the show together for the first time to mark the occasion. We take some time to get to know each other and air greivances about working with Taylor. Then Taylor decides which cohost he likes the best by making them all play "Freestyle Preaching," everyone's new favorite game where the contestants have 60 seconds to preach with three random words Taylor gives them.

Finally, Fr. Anthony comes up with a segment of ranking things where we all argue best movies franchises, video games and BBQ. This couldn't have been any more fun getting the crew all together! We hope you enjoy it as much as we enjoyed making it :)

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Taylor Schroll 8/5/20 Taylor Schroll 8/5/20

Forte Catholic Podcast Episode 199

The game created to break Fr. Anthony "Freestyle Preaching" is unleashed upon him for the first time. Taylor shares about his first experience back to Confession and Mass since the pandemic began. Episode also includes rants about dumb "small t" traditions, scolding people in Church, like meaning more than love and so much more!

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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Taylor Schroll 7/29/20 Taylor Schroll 7/29/20

Forte Catholic Podcast Episode 198

Taylor and Liv share memories from specific years in their life and how these and other memories shaped who they are and how they can help us through tough times. Joe Melendrez joins the show to discuss baldness, moles, workaholism and more. We close the show by introducing a BRAND NEW SEGMENT called Freestyle Preaching.

Taylor and Liv share memories from specific years in their life and how these and other memories shaped who they are and how they can help us through tough times.

Musician & Speaker Joe Melendrez joins the show to discuss baldness, moles, workaholism and more. Find out more from him at JoeMelendrez.com.

We close the show by introducing a BRAND NEW SEGMENT called Freestyle Preaching. Each host gives the other three words and they have to give a 60s sermon including those three words. We think it's hilarious but you let us know what you think :)

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Taylor Schroll 7/22/20 Taylor Schroll 7/22/20

Forte Catholic Podcast Episode 197

Jon "Bearded" Blevins cohosts and Taylor shares some recent reviews of the show and how he gets in trouble on the internet. Professional counselor Kelsey Johnson joins the show in studio to chat about mental health, especially in this strange time. Jon gets his first crack at the new "Chicken Soup for the Schroll" segment and the guys share a few heartwarming stories.

Jon "Bearded" Blevins cohosts and Taylor shares some recent reviews of the show and how he gets in trouble on the internet.

Professional counselor Kelsey Johnson joins the show in studio to chat about mental health, especially in this strange time. Taylor hasn't ever been to counseling and we all know he needs it so this was the first session ;) Book an in person or digital session with Kelsey today.

Jon gets his first crack at the new "Chicken Soup for the Schroll" segment and the guys share a few heartwarming stories.

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Taylor Schroll 7/18/20 Taylor Schroll 7/18/20

Top Ten Podcasts of 2020 (So Far)

The countdown of the Top 10 most popular episodes through half of 2020

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This is a great place to start! Here’s the countdown of the top 10 most popular episodes from the first half of 2020…

Top 10 Episodes

Here are the most downloaded episodes of the show ranked 10 through 1.
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#10

Taylor makes co-host Allison Sullivan squirm. He also shares his crowning achievement and the two new ways he's going to be juussst like Jesus(*eyerolls ensued*). They also go through some pretty wild reviews of the show. Fr. Chris Ortega shares his story of growing up as a first generation latino American.

#9

Our 3rd annual “Limping Into Lent” involves Taylor and Fr. Anthony yelling about their rough weeks, the priest trying to help Taylor off the brink of insanity and Logan Mayes joins to share cringe Catholicism stories. What a wild start to Lent!

#8

Taylor and Beardless Blevins discuss the two holidays of the week, why some people refuse to enjoy their Catholicism, how the road to Emmaus is a perfect story for us in quarantine and Pete Burak shares about success in young adult ministry.

#7

Allison Sullivan is now TikTok famous. Meanwhile Taylor’s world is falling apart and everyone seems to be enjoying it lol. Koji de Ramos is our guest and shares how he’s using his awesome creative gifts to build the culture with The Culture Project. Allison and Taylor argue about how to pronounce words and then segue seamlessly into discussing one of the last chapters of John’s Gospel.

#6

HUGE NEWS for Taylor and Forte Catholic in the first segment of today's show! Fr. Anthony cohosts to help reveal the news, play the revived "Life Verse" game and speak with Coach Anthony Simon about Fortitude.

#5

Taylor and Fr. Anthony have a friend fight. Father tries to explain two terrible sermons and Taylor Tripodi joins the show to discuss surrender…and they all argue about who’s senior prom was worse.

#4

Allison Sullivan steals the spotlight in the first segment to talk about her conversion and Taylor’s lack thereof. Chika Anyanwu joins us to share her life story and what drives her. Finally, Taylor shares one of his pet peeves about “manliness” in the Church.

#3

Recorded live in the media center at #SLS20! Fr. Anthony had to deal with Taylor in person. Our guest this week was the live audience as we called people up throughout the show to share insights and their hot takes that Fr. Anthony and Taylor judged. This was a blast to record!

#2

Liv Harrison cohosts and desperately wanted to talk about the Golden Globes…so we did. She also shares about her upcoming conference and the feminine genius while Taylor insists on mansplaining things. Our guest this week is Chris Mueller of Everyday Catholic to share the heart of a father as he and his family rally around their son who has cancer.

#1

Taylor and Fr. Anthony compare and contrast mystery novels with Catholic teaching. Rakhi McCormick shares her journey from Hinduism to Catholicism. The guys discuss the recent passing of Kobe Bryant, Taylor putting his foot in his mouth and praying for the dead.

Thank you again to everyone who listens to the show!
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Taylor Schroll 7/15/20 Taylor Schroll 7/15/20

Forte Catholic Podcast Episode 196

Fr. Anthony cohosts and the show is hilarious from the start! Taylor throws him off within seconds and then they discuss the very important topics of being angry when God shows up and priests listening to love songs. Our guests this week are the wonderful founders of Catholic Christian Outreach, André & Angèle Regnier The show ends with the anticipated debut of the "Chicken Soup for the Schroll" segment.

Our guests this week are the wonderful founders of Catholic Christian Outreach, André & Angèle Regnier. They took a break from their summer vacation to spend some time with us to talk about CCO and the new book they wrote with their family, Brick by Brick: Building a Strong Family That Won't Lose Their Faith in a Secular Culture.

The show ends with the anticipated debut of the "Chicken Soup for the Schroll" segment. Many thanks to our friends on Twitter for helping make this segment come to life.

Connect 🎉Facebook: Catholic Christian Outreach

🎉Instagram: @andrebregnier, @regnier.family, @ccocampus

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Taylor Schroll 7/8/20 Taylor Schroll 7/8/20

Forte Catholic Podcast Episode 195

After taking a week off for vacation, Forte Catholic is back with a bang! This is one of the best shows we've had in quite some time. Liv Harrison cohosts as Taylor shares about his vacation and they share their love for Hamilton. Patrick Neve of the Crunch podcast joins the show to help Taylor mess with Liv and share about his new endeavor: Bonaventure's Book Club.

Patrick Neve of the Crunch podcast joins the show to help Taylor mess with Liv and share about his new endeavor: Bonaventure's Book Club. He's making great literary classics easily accessible and understandable, so if you want to take the next step in your intellectual formation and grow in your faith, check out their project!

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Taylor Schroll 6/25/20 Taylor Schroll 6/25/20

Forte Catholic Podcast Episode 194

Bearded Blevins and Taylor have a bone to pick with each other and end up discussing love languages and the over-emphasis of busyness. Sam Rocha joins the show for a follow-up conversation on his recent debate with Trent Horn about socialism.

Bearded Blevins cohosts and Taylor has a bone to pick with him ;) They debated about what quality time is, how love languages affect how we see things and what they both learned from their silly argument.

Taylor is joined by Sam Rocha in the wake of his recent debate on socialism with Trent Horn to have a follow up conversation about not only the debate itself but also what the "Catholic Left" means and what it doesn't.

Jon rejoins the show for the final segment to discuss how we use our time: the over-emphasis on busyness and the ever elusive "balance" we're all looking for.

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Taylor Schroll 6/17/20 Taylor Schroll 6/17/20

Forte Catholic Podcast Episode 193

Taylor compliments Fr. Anthony to start the show so he knew he was in for a wild show. They chat family, parenthood, & people saying dumb things so Fr. Harrison Ayre comes to save the day by sharing how we can all be smarter. Enjoy this episode of Clerically Forte!

Fr. Anthony cohosts and gets complimented right off the bat so he knew he was in for a heck of a show lol. They respond to people saying dumb things about priests, Taylor's wins and losses as a person and father this week & much more.

Our guest this week is Fr. Harrison Ayre so you could say this episode is Forte Speaking. Or Clerically Forte. Or Clerically Catholic. Or whichever you think is funniest. Fr. Anthony shares duel citizen ship as a host of both shows so we had a little fun at his expense and then Fr. Harrison shared how we can all be smarter. Good times! Listen to Clerically Speaking wherever you find podcasts.

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