“During the whole month of December, we have sign-ups. “It takes hundreds of parishioners to make the Winter Shelter happen,” Father Dauses said. 2 for approximately 35 men who are homeless.Īn ecumenical program based in Glen Burnie, the Winter Relief Program involves 72 churches in Anne Arundel County to provide food, clothing, shelter and comfort during the winter months to to men and women who are homeless. Andrew by the Bay provide overnight shelter Dec. “When their parents would point out the wounds in the feet of the statue, and the children realized it was Jesus, there was almost this audible gasp,” he noted.įather Dauses hopes that the statue will bring more awareness among his parishioners to their support of the Winter Relief Emergency Shelter Program, an Arundel House of Hope outreach that will have St. Several said they were almost moved to tears by it.”įather Dauses said that young children were particularly fascinated by the artwork. “It was here over the weekend, so the feedback was overwhelmingly positive,” said Father Jeff Dauses, pastor of St. The parishioners’ reaction to the art work was immediate. The statue was strategically placed immediately inside the church sanctuary, in between the two main entrance doors, making it impossible to ignore. His head almost completed hooded, showing only his crown of thorns, and naked pierced feet displaying his sacred wounds. The work depicts a full-size barefoot Jesus sleeping on a park bench, covered with a blanket down to his ankles.

1.Ī lightweight, resin replica of the statue, which was created by Canadian sculptor Timothy Schmalz, has traveled around the Archdiocese of Baltimore since February, and it will remain at St. ANNAPOLIS – The pilgrim statue of the “Homeless Jesus” found his last shelter of 2017 at St.

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