List of Monuments and memorials in Detroit
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Homeless Jesus, also known as Jesus the Homeless, is a bronze sculpture by Canadian sculptor Timothy Schmalz that depicts Jesus as a homeless person, sleeping on a park bench. The original sculpture was installed at Regis College, University of Toronto, Toronto in early 2013. Other casts have since been installed at St. Alban's Episcopal Church in Davidson, North Carolina, outside the Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago's headquarters in the River North neighbourhood of Chicago, at Central Presbyterian Church in Austin, Texas, in front of Saints Peter and Paul Jesuit Catholic Church in downtown Detroit, Valparaiso University in Valparaiso, Indiana, Behind Roberts Park Methodist Episcopal Church in downtown Indianapolis, Indiana, in front of Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City's main services building near downtown Oklahoma City, OK, on the corner of the grounds at St. Ann's Catholic Parish in Coppell, Texas, and on the grounds of the Church of Saint Peter in ancient Caparnaum on the Sea of Galilee, Israel, in front of First Congregational Church in Elyria, Ohio. . The first sculpture outside of North America was installed on the grounds of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin. It has since been installed and blessed in many places globally, with the most prominent location being in Rome outside of the Papal Office of Charities. By early 2016, some 100 copies of Homeless Jesus were on display worldwide.
