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One of the newer parishes in St. Louis had its formal beginning in 1941, when the Church of St. Joan of Arc was dedicated March 9 of that year by Cardinal Joseph Glennon.
The dedication of the church was a festive occasion. Cadets from the Christian Brothers college, the Columbus girls, Knights of Columbus zouaves, parishioners and visitors formed a guard of honor from the rectory to the church. The South Side Catholic high school band played while the procession was in progress.

The new St. Joan of Arc Church was designed by H. I. Helmuth of Florissant, architect. The building program of the parish was (slowed) because of war conditions, but Father Cronin hoped to have a school in operation in the not too distant future when material and labor would become more plentiful. For the present, children of the new parish would attend school at either Epiphany or St. Gabriel’s.