“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.
Father Ruh, standing above the wall on the right; Father Anton Sylla, OMI, at the foot of the stairs, left of centre; during construction of the Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes in Skaro, part of Father Sylla’s mission area.
Father Ruh, standing the fourth from the left on the arch, hand on hip, among volunteer workers during construction of the Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes, built for the Polish parish of Father Anton Sylla, OMI, who headed the project.
Father Anton Sylla, OMI, who graduated from Hunfeld, Germany, as did Father Ruh; served Polish Catholic settlers in Alberta, and built the grotto in Skaro, Alberta in 1919 with Father Ruh’s help.