Acknowledgements and Credits

Teaching About God's Giftof Forgiveness – Catechetical Sunday 2014 was developed as a resource by the Committee on Evangelization and Catechesis of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB). It was reviewed by the committee chairman, Most Rev. David Ricken, and has been authorized for publication by the undersigned.

Msgr. Ronny Jenkins
General Secretary, USCCB

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Scripture texts used in this work are taken from the New American Bible, copyright © 2010, 1991, 1986, and 1970 by the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Washington, DC 20017 and are used by permission of the copyright owner. All rights reserved.

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