"Bazilian Monastary, Monder [sic], Alberta" Ukrainian typescript at the bottom of the page in the album: "Various feasts at the monastery in Mundare, Alberta." The Basilian Monastery which was designed by Father Ruh and built between 1922-23. It was consecrated by Bishop Budka on July 12, 1922.
Ukrainian typescript at the bottom of the album page reads: "Various feasts at the monastery in Mundare, Alberta." An outdoor procession with the monastery in the background.
Ukrainian typescript at the bottom of the album page reads: "Various feasts at the monastery in Mundare, Alberta." Sts. Peter and Paul Ukrainian Catholic Church was the headquarters of the Basilian missionaries serving the Ukrainian immigrants moving into northern Alberta in the first quarter of the twentieth century.
Ukrainian typescript at the bottom of the album page reads: "Various feasts at the monastery in Mundare, Alberta." Dignitaries of the clergy and the Faithful during a service in Sts. Peter and Paul Ukrainian Catholic Church.
"Grotto. Mundare, Alberta Built by the Basilian Fathers in 1933, under the supervision of Rev. P. Bodnar, OSBM." Ukrainian typescript under the photo postcard on the album page: "Grotto of the Basilian Fathers in Mundare."
Ukrainian typescript under the photo on the album page: "Grotto of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Skaro, Alberta." The Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes was built by Father Anton Sylla, O.M.I., with the help of Father Ruh.
Ukrainian typescript under the photo on the album page reads: "First Grotto in Western Canada, Skaro, Alberta." Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes, built by Father Anton Sylla, O.M.I., with Father Ruh’s help.
Convent, Edmonton. Ukrainian typescript under the photo on the album page reads: "Sisters Servants Convent, Edmonton, Alberta." Father Ruh stands on the left, giving instructions during the addition of a wing to St. Joseph’s Monastery and School.
The Basilian Monastery was designed by Father Ruh and begun in May, 1922. It was blessed by Bishop Budka on July 12, 1922, and completed in August of the next year.
Well-attended outdoor procession leading from Sts. Peter and Paul Ukrainian Catholic Church, the headquarters of the Basilian missionaries in northern Alberta, with whom Father Ruh worked during his early years in Canada.