Father Ruh, standing to the right of the team of horses, pipe in his mouth, with volunteer workers during the construction of the Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes, built together with Father Anton Sylla, OMI, whose mission included the Polish, Roman Catholic community in Skaro, Alberta.
Father Ruh, standing directly in front of the Polish church, leaning on a shovel, his pipe in his mouth. Father Anton Sylla, OMI, in coveralls in the centre of the photo, surrounded by volunteer workers during the construction of the Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes in Skaro, Alberta.
Father Anton Sylla, OMI, seated, the fifth man from the left, surrounded by the volunteer workers, building the Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes in Skaro, Alberta. Father Ruh worked along with them but is not present in this photo.
Father Ruh, seated in the centre of the photo; the father of the Faryna family, seated to his left; Katherine Faryna, wearing the white collar, second from the right in the back row; Michael Faryna at Father Ruh’s feet; other Faryna family members, all in the garden in front of the family homestead near Radway.
Father Ruh, centre left with Father Anton Sylla, OMI, in the garden in front of the Faryna family homestead. The two priests worked together on the grotto in Skaro, Alberta, an area which was part of Father Sylla’s mission.
Father Ruh, seated near the centre of the photo, in the garden at the Faryna family homestead in Radway, Alberta, with members of the family nearer the house. The hotbeds in which Father Ruh grew seedlings for the garden are between the house and broad walkway.
Father Ruh, seated with his pipe in his mouth, surrounded by the members of the Faryna family in front of their homestead. The father of the family stands at the far left; Katherine Faryna, wearing a white collar, stands behind Father Ruh; Michael Faryna sat at his feet. The hotbeds for the seedlings of the lush garden, built by Father Ruh for the family, are visible in front of the house.