[2] Lawrence Cajetan Duarte donated the life-size statue of the patron saint which was ordered from Rome in 1930.
The first High Mass was offered in 1929 without roof and doors and people brought their own stools and chairs.
Twenty-nine men and sixteen women having dedicated their lives in the service of the Church, including one Cardinal, two archbishops and three bishops.
Lawrence's Parish stretch from the Lyari River to the Teen Hutti bridge on Manghopir Road.
From Teen Hutti the border continued to Bunder Road and extend to the Karachi Central Jail.
[2] The parish opened the Infant Jesus School managed by the Daughters of the Cross, to serve the community.
[2] The parish has produced more than 70 doctors, numerous educationists and entrepreneurs, and houses 11 Religious Orders, 5 Homes for the Aged and Orphans, and the only Dispensary for the poor in the archdiocese.
[14] St. Lawrence's parish is also home to a small community of Little Brothers of Jesus a Catholic religious order for men.