The Ukrainian Catholic Church of the Resurrection was designed and built by Father Ruh, with the help of master carpenters, Mike Yanchynski and Mike Sawchuk. It was begun in 1935.
St. Josaphat’s Ukrainian Catholic Church was designed and built by Father Ruh, from 1939-1944. Mike Yanchynski supervised much of the time. The church was declared a cathedral in 1951, and eventually was designated a local heritage site.
The family of the youngest of Father Ruh’s siblings: Aloyse (1901-1976), who remained all his life on the Roux family farm. Aloyse is shown centre; his wife, Marie, holds baby Annie; Joseph is on the right; Marie stands between her parents; Aloyse, Jr. to the left of his father; Bernadette stands next to her aunt, ? Cecile Roux, another of the ten children of Nicolas and Marie Roux.
Front, from the left and inverted: "to Johannesburg. [right side up] church, presbytery." Back of the photo: "Eingebrrenen ? Russ, where I sometimes spend a few holidays. A Canadian priest is employed here forty miles from Johannesburg." The photo and the message on the back were from Father Ruh’s brother, Father Emile Roux, OMI who served all his working life as an Oblate.
Father Ruh stands in the centre of the photo with a teacher and students, including First Communicants, on the steps of St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church.
Service held at St. Josaphat’s Ukrainian Catholic Church which was designed and built by Father Ruh, under the supervision of Mike Yanchynski who traveled to Edmonton from Cook’s Creek for several years until its completion. The church was declared a cathedral in 1948.
Photo postcard of a frontal view of the Ukrainian Catholic Church of the Resurrection, designed and built by Father Ruh. The construction was carried out mainly by Mike Yanchynski and Mike Sawchuk, among others.
Cross for the Top of St. Catharines Ukrainian Church. One of the six crosses which adorn the cupolas of Sts. Cyril and Methodius Ukrainian Catholic Church which was designed by Father Ruh and begun in 1945.