Saint Luke

Luke 1:1 Since many have undertaken to set down an orderly account of the events that have been fulfilled among us, just as they were handed on to us by those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and servants of the word, I too decided, after investigating everything carefully from the very first, to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus,

Saint Luke, in addition to writing the third gospel of the new testament, wrote the “Acts of the Apostles”. He is referred to as “The patron saint of physicians and surgeons”.

*The materials found in Scripture for a life of Luke are very scanty, and seem to yield the following results:

That Luke was of Gentile Origin. When and how he  became a physician is not known.

That he was not an “eyewitness and minister of the

 word from the beginning.

That Luke’s Gospel is the most composite of the four, in

 its content

Kathryn Stephens Fletcher Stewart ( Mrs G. Duffield Stewart) gave this window in 1930 in commemoration of the 60th anniversary of Grace Church, and in memory of her daughter, Kathryn Stewart Chenevert.

Kathryn Mary Stewart, born February 4, 1896, at Grand Ledge was the daughter of Kathryn Stephens Fletcher Stewart and George W. Fletcher. She married Charles Chenevert on November 17, 1917. She died in Garden City, Long Island on February 4, 1920.

The Munich Studio of Chicago, Illinois, made this window.