Examine Catholic connections between:

• original sin and forgiveness, mercy, generosity, justice and joy
• personal sin and forgiveness, mercy, generosity, justice and joy

Respond to Christian religious artworks and writings pertaining to forgiveness, mercy, generosity, justice and joy such as:

• Rembrandt's The Prodigal Son
• Michaelangelo's The Creation of Adam
• various Byzantine icons such as Christ the Pantocrator or The Mother of Perpetual Help
• local church art such as stained glass and statues
• excerpts from Pope Francis's Joy of the Gospel
• The Jesus Prayer (i.e. Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner)
• Gospel parables such as The Prodigal Son, The Good Samaritan, The Workers in the Vineyard
• various poems in honour of Saint Mother Teresa

Create a representation (e.g., visual, written, digital) incorporating distinguishing features of forgiveness from a Catholic perspective such as:

• forgiveness does not excuse an act
• forgiveness does not remove responsibility of the offender to repair damage done by an act
• forgiveness desires positive change, not revenge
• forgiveness does not have limitations.

Investigate why and how one should forgive or seek forgiveness when forgiveness is difficult in situations such as:

• genocide and terrorism (e.g., Holocaust, Holodomor, Rwanda, recent terrorist acts such as 9/11)
• racial segregation including First Nations residential school experiences and others (e.g., Apartheid and slavery)
• abuse and violence (e.g., sexual, emotional, domestic)
• bullying (e.g., cyber, physical, emotional, mental, spiritual)
• betrayal by a friend or family member.

Recognize conversion as a process involving contrition, confession and correction.

Discuss ways that sacramental reconciliation involves forgiveness, mercy, generosity, justice and joy.

Express how humility can lead to:

• joy
• generosity
• a Magnificat moment (i.e., modest recognition of one's talents as gifts from the Creator)
• social justice.

Examine how individuals, although flawed, can exemplify characteristics of:

• forgiveness lived (e.g., Immaculée Ilibagiza, Rev. Dale Lang)
• mercy lived (e.g., Sister Helen Prejean, Oskar Schindler)
• generosity lived (e.g., St. Vincent de Paul, St. Marguerite d'Youville)
• justice lived (e.g., Malala Yousafzai, Ovide William Mercredi of the Cree Nation, Aung San Suu Kyi, Gabriel Dumont of the Métis Nation)
• joy lived (e.g., St. André Bessette, St. Thérèse of Lisieux , St. Philip Neri).