The Memorial Day weekend is shaping up to be sunny, with carnival lights set to light up Sloatsburg Community Field Thursday evening.
The weather promises to cooperate this year for the St. Joan of Arc Church Carnival’s four-day stay.
The St. Joan of Arc Carnival has free entry and plenty of food and drink on sale. Unlimited ride tickets will cost $25 per person per day.
Entry into the carnival is free while unlimited ride pass cost in the $25 per person per day neighborhood.
The carnival kicks off at the Community Field Thursday and runs through Sunday, with the that favorite fireworks display set close to the festivities Sunday evening sometime after sunset.
This Saturday, May 23, also marks the official opening weekend for the Sloatsburg Community Pool, with Sunday afternoon temperatures expected to rise into the low 80s.
The Village of Sloatsburg will again partner with St. Joan of Arc for a planned Sunday night fireworks extravaganza at the Community Fields to celebrate the close of the carnival. Last year’s fireworks display drew cars from around the area.
The food, fun and games are part of an effort by the Sloatsburg Catholic parish church to reach out to the community as well as raise funds. All proceeds for the event go St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church in Sloatsburg.
The St. Joan of Arc Church Carnival runs from Thursday, May 21 through Sunday, May 24. The carnival will offer all-day ride wristbands for $25. Otherwise, tickets for rides can be purchased individually onsite.
The corridor church connection
Suffern’s Sacred Heart Church is connected to Tuxedo’s Mt. Carmel which is connected to Sloatsburg’s St. Joan of Arc.
St. Joan is the sister church to Our Lady of Mt. Carmel in Tuxedo, which was officially founded in 1895 when the cornerstone was set. Mt. Carmel initially served the local Tuxedo Irish community. According to Mt. Carmel history: while St. Joan of Arc began as a mission church of Mt. Carmel at the prompting of the Sloatsburg Slovak community who wrote to then Archbishop John Murphy Farley (now buried in St. Patrick’s Cathedral) in 1906, pleading its case.
Both St. Joan and Mt. Carmel churches were initially founded to serve the communities of workers and families who settled in these parts to help build the homes in Tuxedo Park. Mt. Carmel was founded as a mission church first served by Sacred Heart Parish in Suffern, NY.
Sloatsburg celebrates Memorial Day with its annual parade
The Village of Sloatsburg will celebrate Memorial Day with special guest Assemblyman Karl Brabenec, who represents New York’s 98th Assembly District, covering parts of Rockland and Orange counties. This will be Assemblyman Brabenec’s first Sloatsburg Memorial Day parade.
Tuxedo, Sloatsburg, Hillburn, and Tuxedo all have unique and well-attended Memorial Day parades on Monday.
Sloatsburg’s parade will be led by the Sloatsburg American Legion Post 1643, followed by the Suffern High School Marching Band, the Sloatsburg Ambulance Corp. and Sloatsburg Fire Department.. In past parades many guests have walked the route, including Town of Ramapo Supervisor Christopher St. Lawrence, Sloatsburg Mayor Carl Wright, Village Trustees Dan O’Leary and Peter Akey, as well as Sloatsburg Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts.
