Homeless Jesus Sculpture Finds a Home on Campus For a Week
We are very blessed to be able to host the sculpture of Homeless Jesus on our campus until Saturday, Nov. 11. It is on display right outside of the chapel and is open to all members of our community—one person at a time can sit on the bench, prayerfully.
Campus Minister Brendan O'Kane will use it as part of the Freshman Retreat this weekend, as students focus on recognizing Jesus in our community and in the greater world. "Students will seek to recognize the humanity and dignity in those on the margins, in those who are suffering, in their classmates, and in their homes," said O'Kane.
The sculpture is on loan from the artist Timothy P. Schmalz, via the Archdiocese of Baltimore. Read more about its history and the artist here.
"I think the piece does what the artist intended, which is to stop you in your tracks, to make you recognize a very human reality in our city," he said. "I also think that it makes you open your eyes when you actually are out and about in the city and you see flesh-and-blood homeless people in the streets. It helps us to remind us that in welcoming the poor, the sick, the homeless, the immigrant—that in welcoming them, we welcome Jesus." – Archbishop William Lori
Campus Minister Brendan O'Kane will use it as part of the Freshman Retreat this weekend, as students focus on recognizing Jesus in our community and in the greater world. "Students will seek to recognize the humanity and dignity in those on the margins, in those who are suffering, in their classmates, and in their homes," said O'Kane.
The sculpture is on loan from the artist Timothy P. Schmalz, via the Archdiocese of Baltimore. Read more about its history and the artist here.
"I think the piece does what the artist intended, which is to stop you in your tracks, to make you recognize a very human reality in our city," he said. "I also think that it makes you open your eyes when you actually are out and about in the city and you see flesh-and-blood homeless people in the streets. It helps us to remind us that in welcoming the poor, the sick, the homeless, the immigrant—that in welcoming them, we welcome Jesus." – Archbishop William Lori
