Southeast Texas is in line for a $3 million Vietnamese Monastery, likely significantly increasing the number of Houston-based monks and providing another place to honor and reflect on Vietnamese culture.
The Pho Hien Temple in Tomball is expected to have two buildings, the monastery and a family life center, totaling just over 14,000 square feet at 23902 Snook Ln. Construction is expected to start in December and wrap up by Dec. 2027, according to documents filed with the Texas Department of Licensing and Registration.
Representatives for the project couldn’t be reached. But a monk at the Lone Star Buddhist Meditation Center in Cypress said there are three priests at his center, and very few across the city. Temples, on the other hand, are a different story, according to a Houston-based Vietnamese nun. She said many children become monks and nuns as children while in Vietnam. Like her own story, many of them then grow up and want to come to America, bringing their faith along…