FRANKLIN, Ind. — The baby Jesus is getting a tracking device.

The 2-foot-long Christ child statue that was stolen Dec. 7 from a central Indiana retirement home and returned four days later will be fitted with a GPS monitor. New York-based BrickHouse Security is donating several GPS monitors to the Indiana Masonic Home in Franklin, about 20 miles south of Indianapolis. Along with Jesus, other Nativity figures will be fitted with the tracking devices.

“Our security will be contacted if it’s even moved. We are prepared,” facilities director Jerry Loper told The Indianapolis Star.

Loper said the nearly 100-year-old retirement community takes pride in decorating for the holidays. The Masonic Home bought the baby Jesus statue in 2003 for about $475, but officials say it would now cost at least $1,000 to replace.

BrickHouse Security spokesman Michael Stolyar said the company runs a “GPS Jesus” program that’s been loaning tracking equipment free of charge to U.S. churches and nonprofits for about nine years.

“A small box embedded inside the figurine, baby Jesus in this case, automatically sends a text or email to the owner’s mobile phone or computer as an alert as soon as a display is disrupted,” Stolyar said.

The company decided to make the donations to the Masonic Home after reading about the Franklin statue, he said.