Unidentified parishioners stand in front of the Ukrainian Catholic Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, under construction, with scaffolding. The church was designed by Father Ruh and built between 1925 and 1929.

Portage la Prairie, Manitoba.

Father Ruh, standing on the right, with unidentified parishioners in front of the Ukrainian Catholic Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary which he designed and built between 1925 and 1929.

Portage la Prairie, Manitoba.

Father Ruh, on the right, performs funeral rites at the Ukrainian Catholic Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary which he designed and built between 1925 and 1929.

Portage la Prairie, Manitoba.

Collage. Left top to bottom: pioneer church in AB; Grotto in Skaro, AB; Ruh church in Dauphin, MB; Ruh church in St. Catharine’s, ON; Ruh church, Portage la Prairie, MB; Ruh church, Cloverleaf, MB; cross for Ruh church in St. Catharine’s, ON. From top, second from left: Ruh church in St. Catharine’s ON; Ruh church, Cook’s Creek, MB; unidentified Ruh blue print; Ruh church in Edmonton, AB; Father Ruh during construction of orphanage in Edmonton, AB; Rev. Canon Father Philip Ruh, O.M.I.; Ruh church in Grimsby, ON; Mike Yanchynski. Far right, from top: pioneer church in AB; Father Philip Ruh at First Mass; Ruh church in Winnipegosis, MB; Ruh church in Dauphin, MB; Ruh school in Chicago; Ruh church in Mountain Road, MB; Ruh church in Mountain Road, MB.

Young workers assisting Father Ruh in the excavation of the basement of the Ukrainian Catholic Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Father Ruh and a worker stand with shovel in the centre of the photo. Walter Michalchyshyn stands with a friend beside the cement pillar on the right. Walter wears the whiter striped shirt.

Portage la Prairie, Manitoba.

The beginning of the construction of the church in Portage la Prairie. Young workers excavating the basement of the Ukrainian Catholic Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Father Ruh stands left of centre, above the others. Walter Michalchyshyn, wearing the white striped shirt, pushes a wheel barrow, in the centre of the photo.

Portage la Prairie, Manitoba.

Mountain Road Church. Volunteer workers posing with Father Ruh who leans on his level, beside several children in front of the Ukrainian Catholic Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, during early stages in the construction. Mike Sawchuk stands on the first level of scaffolding above the wall, the eighth man from the right, wearing his carpenter’s apron.

Portage la Prairie, Manitoba.

Father Ruh, smoking his ornamental pipe, sits surrounded by children in front of the Ukrainian Catholic Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, at an early stage in its construction. The church designed by Father Ruh and built from 1925 and 1929.

Portage la Prairie, Manitoba.

The Ukrainian Catholic Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary was designed by Father Ruh in 1925 and was built over the next few years. Less than standard building materials led to its eventual destruction in 1983.

Portage la Prairie, Manitoba.

Workers assemble during the excavation of the basement of the Ukrainian Catholic Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, which was built between 1925 and 1929. Father Ruh stands in the centre back, wearing his fedora and overcoat. Young Walter Michalchyshyn stands with a shovel, in the centre foreground, wearing the white and dark striped turtle-neck shirt.

Portage la Prairie, Manitoba.