Catechism in a Year!

So through my work with Team Orthodoxy, as you may have seen, I have been busy lately for the Year of Faith (started Oct 11) in leading a study of the Catechism over this next year.

As such, everything on Slightly Orange is currently taking a back seat, and hopefully will resume perhaps even partially come summer time.  In the meantime, I hope you all join with me in the "Catechism in a Year" study, even if you missed the first few weeks, and get to know your faith better.

For those of my followers who are not Catholic (which I imagine it's possible there may be some) feel free to check it out if you've ever been curious about what the Catholic faith is all about, or at the very least why this guy who does these crazy animations and stuff would want to be a priest of all things!

Here's the playlist, which as you might guess, will grow every week to include more videos.

As a note, if you click "playlist" at the bottom, it will open a list of all the videos thus far, and you can skip ahead to the video of your choosing.  The 4th one has a really funny opening.  Just so you know.

My First Video Talk

On July 1st, I gave a reflection at Mass on the Gospel reading, and afterward Team Orthodoxy stuck around and I gave the talk again (a little longer though) and they recorded it for me.

And yes, this picture is a quote from the talk.  I said it just like that.  That... that's just how I explain things I suppose.

Anyhow, I got a lot of good feedback from this one, so I thought I'd share it.  Here's praying that you come to know Christ more deeply and intimately in your lives!

(also, please note that this is in two parts.. so stick around after part 1, it will play automatically, you don't have to click the link)

Crocs

Just thought this would be funny.  Saw the picture of the crocodile and decided that this would have to be.  Animation's a comin'!  Also, I'm working on a few vids that I'll be posting to YouTube with Team Orthodoxy, so I'll link those up as well.

PEACE!

Pictures Section

Ever see these plastered all over facebook and google+?  I always wondered why this fad suddenly popped up.  And I don't mean when people post a quote on top of an image that illustrates the point, but when they simply post a totally unnecessary nature photo or something alongside it.  Just post the quote, okay?  Those quotes are usually really sappy anyway, but the background just makes me roll my eyes even more.

Truth be told, I have a hard time taking you people seriously.

Now, if you are one of my friends who does this, I love you, you're wonderful, but friends don't let friends do bad picture posts.  It's ... it's just in poor taste, I don't know what else to say.

In other news, in case you've been waiting and wondering, I will post the rest of those pictures from my trip to Calgary (got some REALLY beautiful shots), but I've held off because I've been getting the remainder of my pastoral year assignments completed, and after this weekend I should have a chance to post and I hope to make some new animations too.

In other, other news, I am thinking of adding a "pictures" section to my blog, since I've been posting so many pics of things, and artwork, and memes, and whatnot.  So I'll eventually dump everything from my blog posts there so you can browse through them if you so please.

Day 1 in Calgary

Just to share with all of you some of the awesome Calgary experiences so far, I thought I'd share some pics I've taken since we arrived.  Well, actually, first I'd like to show you some pictures we took on the plane, which I decided to memify, because really, what were they thinking when they made those airplane safety manuals?

Nuff said.
Once we arrived in Calgary, we made a few quick stops and then headed off to Banff!  Or rather, as far as Canmore since Banff would have been too crowded.  So we got to see the rockies, which were incredible!  However, I also had the rather unfortunate incident of having my phone stolen due to my foolishness in putting down my phone so I could take a slo-mo vid of Keith and I giving each other a high five.  So after suspending my phone account, changing all my account passwords, and calling the police, we managed to take in some more sight seeing and get some more good pictures.  Here's a sampling:

and as an added bonus, this prairie dog showed up and I caught a pic of him, standing like a soldier!

fun times... and more to come!  Tomorrow we will be going to the fancy iron chef restaurant, so I shall keep you all abreast of those delicious happenings!!!

IS THIS WHAT YOU WANT?

I hear that the two biggest things people search for on the net are cats and bacon.  I've already posted a bunch about bacon, and that hasn't worked, so here you go internet, IS THIS WHAT YOU WANT!?!?!?!

Incidentally yes, this is also an excuse for the fact that I have not posted any animation/game updates this week either.  What I will give you instead, in addition to this amazing dancing cat (which has surely won your heart despite being an ancient, overused cat gif), I shall be posting about my trip to Calgary which begins tomorrow!

Yep, my good friend and fellow seminarian (ex-seminarian now), Deacon Cristino Bouvette, is being ordained a priest... in Calgary.  Incidentally this means that to Calgary I shall go, and as a bonus I will take in the sights of awesomeness which I have yet to ever experience.  Yes, I think that Calgary will be greater than cats (the feline, or the musical).  And as I am sure that this cat has thoroughly disoriented you and you have several times lost your place reading because you keep looking at the cat and wishing it would just stop, I will stop writing so you can re-gather your bearings.

Renewal! Can I get some high fives over here?

Got back this weekend from the annual Renewal Ministries gathering in Ypsilanti, Michigan, and it was FAN-TAS-TIC.  Just sayin'.  The Lord did some awesome things with me there and I'm rearing and ready to go to do God's work!

I also attended there an event for a new group that they're starting called, "i.d. 916", which is a sort of youth program which intends to help equip young adults to gather and discern how God is calling them to evangelize.  It seemed like a pretty neat idea, so I was telling one of the guys there about Team Orthodoxy, (for which I contribute currently with my weekly Gospel reflections).  I sent a message afterward to Chris to let him know I was plugging Team Orthodoxy at the Renewal Ministries event, and he replied with, "SICK!!!"  Then later I left a message on his answering machine with the line in the picture you see above.  Heh, fun times.  Anyhow, I'm all revved up now and I've been thinking as well in what other ways I might be able to use my website to continue to have fun as a hobby and animate and draw and stuff, but also to draw others to Christ.  So, all ye who read the Slightly Orange News, might ye care to weigh in on this?  Opinions?  Suggestions?  Recommendations?  Offerings?  Spam?