Forte Catholic Podcast: Making Catholicism Fun Again

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. Like every Allison episode, there was a perfect mix of heartfelt conversation and uncontrollable laughter. Enjoy! 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 & 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. Fun stuff! Enjoy :) 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

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! 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

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 :) 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

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. Subscribe/Rate Never miss out on the crazine

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 :) 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

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. (https://abidecounselingbcs.com) Jon gets his first crack at the new "Chicken Soup for the Schroll" segment and the guys share a few heartwarming stories. 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 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. 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. (https://www.sophiainstitute.com/products/item/brick-by-brick) 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

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. 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! (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/martinusen/bonaventures-book-club) 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

An introduction into the greatest Catholic podcast known to man! Forte Catholic is all about Making Catholicism Fun Again by sharing the Joy of the Gospel each and every week with a tremendous team of co-hosts and the best guests the Catholic world has to offer. Subscribe today for your weekly dose of Catholicism and laughter! 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

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. 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 w/Sam Rocha

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! 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 shares some exciting news(well she tries too and Taylor has to end up doing it) about a new endeavor she's taken on and what the heck a "blue flame" is. She's very kind to herself which is new so maybe its working? Canadian pastor and digital evangelist extraordinaire Fr. Darryl Millette joins the show to chat about Canada, Star Trek and decide if Liv or Taylor is a better interviewer. To finish off the show, Liv shares an amazing story about her parents and Taylor shifts away to talk about his "accomplishments." Perfect! 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

It's been a very difficult week for our country. This was a tough one to record but we wanted to share our hearts and thoughts with our community in response to the tragedy of George Floyd's death. Jon Blevins joins Taylor to discuss how we're feeling about the whole situation. Meg Hunter-Kilmer joins to share her radical calling from the Lord and about some of her favorite saints of color. 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

After a hectic week, Taylor decides to go solo on an episode for the first time since 2017. He shares about why he didn't want to do an episode this week but ultimately decided to, how there are too many things(good and bad) happening at once & shares he interesting first trip back to Church in months. He's joined in the second segment by Fr. Cassidy Stinson for a conversation on crushing demons and the differences between how priests are trained now and back in the day. 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 w/Fr Cassidy

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: