South Bend, Indiana: Touchdown Jesus
134-foot-high mosaic mural of Jesus with uplifted arms, visible from Notre Dame's football stadium. Its official title is "Word of Life," but no one at Notre Dame calls it that.
- Address:
- 284 Hesburgh Library, South Bend, IN
- Directions:
- On the campus of Notre Dame University. From IN-23/S. Bend Ave. turn north at the stoplight onto Twyckenham Drive. Go one mile. Turn left onto Bulla Rd, then left again onto Elmhurst St./Leahy Drive, then right onto Library Circle. Park as close as you can to the towering library. The mural is on its south wall.
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A famous mosaic mural on the Notre Dame campus features Jesus with arms lifted up. It gained the nickname Touchdown Jesus, as it overlooks the Notre Dame football stadium.
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The mural is 134 feet high, created in 1964 by Millard Sheets, a southern California artist. The official title is "Word of Life," but no one at Notre Dame calls it that.