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 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 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, 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 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.
“Alberta grotto.” Father Ruh, standing with a shovel in his right hand and a pipe in his mouth, with volunteer workers in Skaro, during construction of the Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes. The project was headed by Father Anton Sylla, OMI, parish priest in the Polish, Roman Catholic community.