Sloatsburg+Churches

**__ St. Joan of Arc  __**
 * There are two churches in Sloatsburg. They are St. Joan of Arc which is a Catholic Church and the pastor is Father Francis Dias. The other is the Sloatsburg United Methodist Church and the pastor is Agnes Saffoury. **
 * The land that St. Joan of Arc is built on was purchased by Our Lady of Mt. Carmel from Henry and Doris Grangas in August of 1922. On May 30, 1923 the actual building of St. Joan of Arc began. The contractor was Mr. W. S. Fitzrandolph of Sloatsburg. The church was built in a California stucco style. St. Joan of Arc could hold about 200 people. It was probably called St. Joan of Arc because she was canonized in 1919 and was in the news at the time. She was receiving recognition and was truly a woman and saint for the modern world. The church was dedicated on the Feast of St. Joan of Arc on May 30, 1924 by Cardinal Hayes and was the first Catholic Church in the village of Sloatsburg. Finally, parishioners no longer had to travel to Tuxedo to go to mass. St. Joan of Arc was part of the Tuxedo parish until 1966. It then became its own parish with its own pastor. **
 * The purchase of the Wanamaker and Carlough property would be given to St. Joan of Arc as a gift and the Warren Waldron property was purchased to be used as a rectory. Volunteers were always used to fix things at the church, and today Father Frank still asks for volunteers to help out with things that need to be done. **