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.