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Word of Life (often called "Touchdown Jesus") is a mural by American artist Millard Sheets on the side of Hesburgh Library, on the University of Notre Dame campus in Notre Dame, Indiana. The artwork measures 134 feet (41 m) high and 68 feet (21 m) wide.
As it does every home game — the mural stands higher than the stadium itself — "Touchdown Jesus" will preside over Notre Dame Stadium for the first-ever College Football Playoff first-round ...
FILE - A Notre Dame flag waves in the wind in front of the The Word of Life Mural, aka "Touchdown Jesus," on the Hesburgh Library before an NCAA college football game between Notre Dame and ...
The library's exterior façade that faces the university's football stadium includes a large, 134-foot (41 m) by 68-foot (21 m) mural called Word of Life, or more commonly known as Touchdown Jesus. As of 2009, the library ranked as the 61st largest collection among research universities in the United States, with an estimated 3.39 million volumes.
A view from the east side of the Notre Dame Stadium showing (from left to right) the Basilica of the Sacred Heart, the Golden Dome atop the Administration Building and the Hesburgh Library with the mural of Touchdown Jesus. Prior to 1966, attendance figures were based on an actual count of patrons through the gates.
The nickname "Touchdown Jesus" is more commonly associated with a raised-arm mural of Jesus on the Notre Dame campus in South Bend, Ind. that can be seen from the football stadium.
Touchdown Jesus may refer to: Word of Life or Touchdown Jesus, a mural visible from Notre Dame Stadium, in Notre Dame, Indiana; King of Kings or Touchdown Jesus, a statue that was on the east side of Interstate 75 near Monroe, Ohio "Touchdown Jesus", a song from Tim McGraw's Emotional Traffic album
The university will cover murals that depict Christopher Columbus in America, following criticism that they depict Native Americans in stereotypical poses. Notre Dame to cover up murals of ...