St Laurence Parish

What can I say? My husband and I got married here almost 2 years ago. Members were very helpful and stupendant. Service was excellent, beautiful and memorable. I thank all the help from start. To bad I can’t share all my pictures.
Love this Church, parishioners and specially the welcoming feeling when I enter. I’m lucky to have them so close.
If you have any kind of doubts or questions regarding your faith or ceremony, I recommend you to feel free and ask. Anyone who answers the phone will give you the right answer.

Friendly parishioners! They all smile at you. Neat and very well designed house of God! Very solemn inside! Have more rooms for pews. Bathroom is big and clean. Very conducive for silent moments with God if you can’t concentrate at your own house. I know we can pray anywhere and God is everywhere but i also believe if we have a place for our friends and families then i believe our place with God is the physical church where we can be alone with HIM regardless of what religion you are. We are all CHRISTIANS IF we believe in CHRIST. I Am Nothing without CHRIST in my heart! Amen to all of us!

Catholic mega-​church in very fast growing Sugar Land area. Was visiting from out of town and drove to get here. Congregation is lively. Church is massive — that’s good no need to stand. Interesting to see a Catholic mega-​church. Kudos St. Laurence.

This church gives a lot back to the community. Today I am volunteering there to distribute Thanksgiving turkeys for the less fortunate. I am proud I am part of such a generous church.

I don’t go to church (so sue me!), but I’ve been here maybe half a dozen or so times because my childhood friends all seemed to gravitate towards this church and most recently, my two very good buddies were married here. So I’m reviewing this church based on that.
I’ve seen like a billion cathedrals in my day (okay like a few dozens, whatever) when I spent the summer in Europe so let me be super pretentious and say, I’m pretty much over cathedrals and/​or Catholic churches from an architectural standpoint. However, man does St Laurence impress. It’s gone through some pretty dang major renovations and it’s really quite breathtaking for a modern Catholic church.
I’m assuming the congregation has grown in the last couple of of decades. And has gotten considerably wealthier.
The stained glass was just perfect backdrop for my friends’ wedding, gorgeous really. And the high vaulted ceiling — very very picturesque for a good olé’ fashion Catholic wedding.
The dressing/​preparation area was pretty basic, but we managed to all squeeze in and prettify.
The only slightly detracting thing about this whole wedding was the church’s wedding planner person. Holy intense! I mean, I guess her method gets things done, but lady. .. have a drink sometime!
In closing, if you’re looking for a pretty snazzy venue for your Catholic wedding — St Laurence FTW!

It took me a long time to find a church I could call home in Houston.
You have to understand one thing about me: I was raised in post-​Vatican II Catholicism. I don’t think Vatican II went far enough, but I’ll settle for the reforms that were enacted. Meanwhile, those who long for the old days have worked their way through the hierarchy and are trying to dismantle Vatican II and return us to the days when the Mass was to be observed and not lived.
You find a lot of those priests running parishes like that in Houston. You can tell when you walk in the door and everyone has their head down and they don’t act like they want to be there. The sign of peace comes around and nobody looks up, much less shakes your hand.
Then you walk into St. Laurence. There’s an energy in the air — the person next to you may have never met you, but you’re family. People are friendly. The music soars, whether you go to one of the traditional Masses or the contemporary ones. The pastor in particular is simply in love with the Liturgy — there’s times he will just stand in awe before he explains what’s so important about what’s going on. He’s so enthusiastic about the Mass, it’s contagious… you just want to break open the Word and then break bread together.
While the church’s conservatives have certainly had their way over the years, they haven’t found a way to break the spirit of St. Laurence. And that’s why I’m still a Catholic who actually goes to Mass.

I love this church. Been a member since mass was held in a rented out hall. I received all my sacraments (excluding baptism) here… I got married in this beautful chruch on the 4^th of July 2009! The aesthetics of the church — BREATHTAKING! And the love in the chruch exudes from it’s doors to anyone who enters!