Forte Catholic Podcast: Making Catholicism Fun Again

HUGE NEWS for Taylor and Forte Catholic in the first segment of today's show! Fr. Anthony cohosts to help reveal the news and also play the revived "Life Verse" game. This time we give life verses to listeners of the show who requested them :) Our guest this week is best-selling author Coach Anthony Simon. This young man has accomplished so much in so little time and shares about his tough journey and how the virtue of fortitude has helped him push through. Thanks to everyone for all the support! Y'all mean the world to us :) 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! Connect

Liv Harrison co-hosts and said the most absurd thing on social media that Taylor has to address by bringing back a long forgotten game, "Life Verse." Insanity ensued. Our guest this week is Fr. Agustino Torres. He's a Franciscan Friar of the Renewal and one of the best speakers this country has. He shares what's been on his heart and mind recently...and also dances to to the intro and outro music which is just special. Find more from Father at Corazonpuro.org. The final segment is all about learning from failure with references to one of your favorite social media apps, The Last Dance, the Alamo and 300. 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! Connect

Beardless(yes it's gone) Blevins cohosts as Taylor shares about the two amazing holidays this week: May the 4th and Cinco de Mayo. He gets Jon's input on the Litany of Star Wars he shared and how some people just refuse to have any fun within Catholicism. They also discuss Our Lady of Guadalupe and a terrible prayer someone wrote in her honor. Our guest this week is Pete Burak, the founder of ID ministries that is one of the few people we've found having success in young adult ministry. (id916.com) In the final segment, the guys discuss the Road to Emmaus story and how it connects to our current situation. 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! Connect

Cohost Allison Sullivan is TikTok famous now! One of the most popular people in America is now following her and copying some of her videos lol! It makes Taylor quite angry but yet he still finds it in himself to apologize to his cohosts, and then instantly regrets it. Koji de Ramos is our guest today and we talk about how he too is a TikTok king, how he's using his creative gifts to build up the culture with his work at The Culture Project. Allison and Taylor argue about how to pronounce words then break open one of the final chapters of John's Gospel. 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! Connect

Fr. Anthony & Taylor have been playing many a video game during the quarantine and Taylor tries to justify it by making it sound spiritual and finding in the games positive and negative parallels to his spiritual life. He also weighs himself live on the show(unplanned) to see how he's doing physically during the lockdown.(It's wild!) Comedian Aaron Weber stops by the show again. The point of bringing him on was to bring joy and levity during a time we all need it, but instead Fr. Anthony yells at people and tries to teach Aaron things. Poor Fr. Anthony. But Aaron still brings deep, hearty laughter. :) Follow Aaron @realaaronweber on all the social media platforms. In the final segment, Taylor kinda goes off the rails and Father tries desperately to keep him and the show on track. Follow Forte Catholic:

Liv Harrison joins Taylor Schroll as cohost to chat about their respective Holy Week(Weak) celebrations. Pretty sad and difficult, but there's always a silver lining :) Comedian Jeremy McLellan returns to the show to fix our sadness with his comedy brilliance, and how he is learning and growing as a person during the quarantine. The final segment, Liv and Taylor continue the fun by forcing each other to pick between two things...a game that has been going around social media that Liv brought into Taylor's life...so he used it to torture her ;) Follow Jeremy:

Jon Blevins cohosts and we find ourselves in the middle of a cancelled Holy Week. We chat about a couple ways we're trying to enter in to the beauty of this week even though we're stuck at home. We also discuss all the online content, have VERY different takes on Tiger King, Taylor crying watching TV(again)and a discussion on w/Lauren Montgomery of the Catholic Commons podcast on this forced Monasticism we find ourselves in(well not Taylor...but whatevs lol). 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! Connect

A typical Catholic tradition during Lent is to pray through the stations of the cross at the parish on Friday afternoons. For those times we can't do that(looking at you Coronavirus), Taylor and Fr. Anthony wanted to pray with you digitally. Taylor and a friend wrote these reflections while in college for a young adult audience and they have been used for youth nights and young adult groups throughout the country. We hope you enjoy praying and reflecting with us. Video version available on Forte Catholic's YouTube channel. Follow Forte Catholic:

Allison Sullivan cohosts and tries to figure out how to record from home and shares how her and her husband are spending their time very differently during the quarantine. Allison is now a TikTok mom and its hilarious! Edmund Mitchell rejoins the show to discuss random things that don't matter at all but are quite entertaining. For example, the differences in people's internal monologues and what it teaches about how to love each other. But Taylor just thinks people who don't think just like him are crazy... Finally, Taylor shares how the two people he relates to most in the Scriptures recently are the Pharisees and an antagonist in the Old Testament. It aint great... Tune in and laugh along with us. We hope this brings you joy in the midst of the craziness :) 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! Patreon
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Welp. The world's falling apart, BUT WE'RE STILL HERE TO BRING YA SOME LAUGHTER AND NONSENSE BABBBBAYYYYY! Fr. Anthony cohosts and Taylor has to have words with him. They have a friend fight during the first segment which surprises both of them. Fun times lol. There are two Taylor's on this show! Catholic musician, Taylor Tripodi, joins the show. The trio decide who's high school prom was worse & discuss surrender in a time where it's difficult to. (www.TaylorTripodi.com) The final segment has Fr. Anthony trying to explain a strange homily he gave & sharing another fun sermon he witnessed. We laughed soooo much this episode. Join us in the laughter :)

Are we all stuck because of the virus? Yes. Is Forte Catholic going to stop bringing joy to people by Making Catholicism Fun Again? HECK NOOOOO The goal of this episode is to be an escape from the stress of the pandemic. Liv Harrison cohosts, gives Taylor a massive headache and they argue about which one of them is a better bride. Our guest this week is Michael Foley, the author of "Drinking with Your Patron Saints: The Sinner’s Guide to Honoring Namesakes and Protectors." He gives us great advice on how to drink well as Catholics during the quarantine. We hope this episode brings you joy and laughter in this weird time. All music used on the show is by Brandon “BeTheSymbol” Morel. Find his music at bethesymbol.com. Episode art by Rebekah Landry. 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! Patreon
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The world is going crazy with the coronavirus and most of us have extra time on our hands. Fr. Brad Doyle(@fr_quizzical on Twitter) and Taylor wanted to give you the gift of extra content this week. One day we may all have to leave and go to space. Therefore, the guys discuss what Mass would be like in space. There was a ton of laughter that we hope will bring you joy in this strange time. Blessings :) All music used on the show is by Brandon “BeTheSymbol” Morel. Find his music at bethesymbol.com. Episode art by Rebekah Landry. 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! Patreon
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Allison Sullivan co-hosts and joins Taylor in the stress. (Don't worry, he's in a better mood this week.) In the first segment, we talk about the Genius conference that Allison spoke at and Taylor's wife also attended. This was also Taylor's first weekend home alone with his kids so that was an adventure as well. Allison also thinks she can beat Taylor in boxing which is WILD! In the second segment, Theresa Zoe Williams(principessameetsworld.com) rejoins the show(yay!) to continue the theme of stress and parenting. Hint: she's doing it better than Taylor. The ladies attempt to help Taylor and Allison also says something absolutely WILD! In the final segment, they talk about integrity even when you're stressed, finding the good in the tough times. WILD! All music used on the show is by Brandon “BeTheSymbol” Morel. Find his music at bethesymbol.co . Episode art by Rebekah Landry. Subscribe/Rate Never miss out on the craziness of each episode by hitting the subscribe button RIGHT NOW! Help other people find th

Taylor is still a bit overwhelmed this week, but never fear, Jon “Bearded” Blevins is here with a laundry list of random takes he wants to share and Taylor gets worked up about a few of them. With a wide range of topics, you’re bound to find something you like, including: -Wendy’s new breakfast menu -Going to the dentist -The XFL -The ups and downs of marriage -Lenten sacrifices -Shakespeare being overrated -Track meets and more! Come hang out with us! :) Also, as mentioned in today's show, the brand new Forte Catholic merch is available! Get your new shirt and/or hat to show your love and support for the show and look super cool :) ForteCatholic.com/store. All music used on the show is by Brandon “BeTheSymbol” Morel. Find his music at bethesymbol.com. Episode art by Rebekah Landry. 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

Our third annual "Limping Into Lent" involves a beat-up version of Taylor and Fr. Anthony laughing through the pain. They've both had rough weeks, Taylor loses hope and Father attempts to help. Our guest this week is youth minister Logan Mayes. It's essentially a conversation of the classic priest, youth minister and podcaster walk into a bar and share their cringy-est stories from their time in the Church. It's a reminder that even through all the craziness, the Church is still home. In the final segment, Taylor pokes the bear and asks Father why he won't pray with him, why he doesn't use his superpowers every day and more! All music used on the show is by Brandon “BeTheSymbol” Morel. Find his music at bethesymbol.com. Episode art by Rebekah Landry. 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! Patreon
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Liv Harrison cohosts and drives Taylor mental! Our first segment revolves around Liv's insanity, Taylor's meal preferences & neti pots. We have a VERY special guest this week making their debut as a Forte Catholic guest. This person has a meant a lot to Taylor throughout his life and the interview is one of our favorite's of all time. In the final segment, Taylor and Liv learn about the Desert Fathers and how we bad we are at Catholicism. All music used on the show is by Brandon “BeTheSymbol” Morel. Find his music at bethesymbol.com. Episode art by Rebekah Landry. 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! Patreon
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Allison Sullivan cohosts as her and Taylor share about their respective week of events(Allison definitely rules the time of possession.) We talk converts, the Eucharist and ministry. Then Chika Anyanwu joins us for the second segment. She recently complimented Taylor and thus got an invite onto the show. She seemed to burst into the Catholic scene a year ago so we get to know her story and what drives her. In the final segment, Taylor discusses one of his pet peeves about "manliness" in the Catholic Church and how he responded. All music used on the show is by Brandon “BeTheSymbol” Morel. Find his music at bethesymbol.com. Episode art by Rebekah Landry. 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! Patreon
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Jon Blevins cohosts AND IS NOW A GIRL DAD! The guys discuss fatherhood: the joys, difficulties and expectations vs. reality. Then Taylor's best friend joins the fray. He's in town visiting so Taylor brought him on the show. Don't tell anyone, but he's Protestant. So we mostly ask him why he's not Catholic and he shares insight into Taylor's childhood. Really a grand ol time! In the final segment, Jon and Taylor discuss the Super Bowl and share their respective rants on the Halftime show. Twas fun :) 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! Patreon
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Taylor recently saw Knives Out in theaters and has thoughts to share with cohost Fr. Anthony. They compare and contrast mystery novels with Church Teaching(cuz that makes sense.) Our guest this week, Rakhi McCormick, shares her story of journeying from Hinduism to Catholicism. It’s a fascinating story that didn’t happen in any way you think it would. In the final segment, Taylor shares how he put his foot in his mouth on Sunday morning surrounding a conversation about death and praying for the dead. But don’t worry, Fr. Anthony has all the answers. All music used on the show is by Brandon “BeTheSymbol” Morel. Find his music at bethesymbol.com. Episode art by Rebekah Landry. 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! Patreon
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Liv Harrison co-hosts and reallllyy wanted to talk about the Golden Globes...so we did. I never thought I'd say this but Ricky Gervais may have actually taught us something. Our guest this week is Chris Mueller. He creates wonderful content at EverydayCatholic.com but this week, we talk about the struggle his family has been going through with their 5 year old, Ben, fighting cancer. The reason I love Chris is that he is real. He shares both his trust in the Lord through the toughest times of this hardship but also is honest about the tough days. He truly shows the heart of a father. Finally, Taylor lets Liv takeover a segment to discuss the feminine Genius and her upcoming conference. Ladies, this conference is for you. Register at https://geniuswomensconference.com. All music used on the show is by Brandon “BeTheSymbol” Morel. Find his music at bethesymbol.com. 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 #MakeCa