Loving hearts given to God. . .

A prayerful people gathered as one around the altar. . .

A faithful people sent forth to be the hands of Jesus

        here and now in our world.

A Jubilee people rooted in Christ, growing in Faith. . .

A people of God called in Baptism to love and to serve. . .

A people of God living Gospel values.

People serving the needy and less fortunate in our community         through our Saint Vincent de Paul Society. . .

People caring for the spiritual needs of the sick, homebound, hospitalized and dying. . .

Adults catechizing and teaching our children and teens to give their hearts to God and their hands to serve others. . .

People from Saint Linus sharing food each month with the people in Saint Benedict the African Parish. . .

Parishioners collecting clothing and loading the trucks to help Saint Vincent de Paul clothe the naked and needy. . .

Everyone bringing food at Thanksgiving time to help Saint Columbanus feed the hungry in their neighborhood. . .

Families making Christmas a little happier for other families through our parish "Giving Tree". . .

People reaching out to feed the hungry in our own community, at PADS, at Su Casa and at Saint Elizabeth Catholic Worker Houses. .

COR teens filling and delivering Easter baskets to the children in Shelters. . .

Young Vincentians visiting the elderly in nursing homes,and sharing an Easter egg hunt with the children at Saint Elizabeth’s Shelter. . .

The Saint Linus gardeners always digging, planting, watering, weeding and trimming to keep the grounds looking beautiful. . .

Children and teens in Saint Linus School and Religious Education Program making "Love Knot" blankets for Saint Elizabeth and Su Casa. . .

Art students creating a miniature golf range so that other school children and teens could play golf and help "Make a Wish Foundation". . .

Children, teens and adults in the parish collecting and saving 101,360 pop tabs (80 pounds) to help Ronald McDonald House at Loyola Hospital. . .

Religious Education families sharing their Lenten alms with Heifer Project International to help families living poverty become self reliant. . .

Families collecting and saving canceled stamps for the Retired Holy Family of Nazareth Sisters in Des Plaines. . .

Students in the Art Club learning to sew in order to make warm scarves for COURAGE. . .

Children and teens collecting and sharing socks, mittens, scarves and caps with those who are in need of warm clothes in the cold winter weather. . .

Confirmation teens serving the community, the parish, the young and elderly-- using their time and talents to help others. . .

Neighbors quietly helping neighbors. . . doing the corporal and spiritual Works of Mercy. . . .

Open hearts lifted in prayer. . .

Open hands reaching out to serve others,

Continuing the mission of Jesus

Being Jesus’ hands on earth here and now!

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The hundreds of hands which make up this stained glass window of Saint Linus are hands of the infants, children, teens and adults in Saint Linus Parish. Here they are joined together to create a beautiful symbol for the hands of Jesus at work. . . serving our community and reaching out far beyond this local church.

This creation symbolizes

                    a Jubilee people rooted in Christ,

                                growing in Faith!