Renting the Social Hall at St. Luke the Evangelist Please note the following guidelines to renting the Social Hall.
The event must be associated with a liturgical event (Sacrament: i.e. Baptism, First Communion, Wedding or Significant Milestone Birthday/Anniversary 50th, 80th).
The hall can only be rented if the church is available to do the blessing/Mass and hall is available to hold reception after the Mass.
The person receiving the blessing or Sacrament, the person in which the event is being held, must be an active registered parishioner. Hall will not be rented to extended family and/or friends.
The Social Hall Max is 200 (no chairs/chairs only) or 150 (with tables and chairs).
Please note that you will be signing a contract with the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston.
Social Hall rental contracts are reviewed and signed with the Business Manager.
Event Insurance must be signed, paid and submitted to the archdiocese minimal 15 days prior to the event.
All requests/arrangements must be made directly through the Business Manager. People are not allowed to go to other staff members and/or ministry/group leads to make arrangements for the event.
Only items specified in the contract will be honored. No arrangements can be made verbally, everything must be included in the contract.
Changes to the event must be noted in the contract.
The event cannot use the facilities if not specified in the contract.
The event cannot use the facilities prior or after their contracted time. Additional fees will be accessed if event does not work/stay within time alloted in the contract.
No BYOB allowed.
Officer(s) will be obtained by the Business Manager. Event requestor cannot hire/acquire the officer(s).
Alcohol is not allowed at any Quinceañera/Sweet 16 celebrations.
An event will not be scheduled more than two years out.