The rubble remaining of St. Mary’s Ukrainian Catholic Church, which was struck by lightning. The first church built by Father Ruh in Manitoba, it was built entirely of wood on concrete footings.
Metropolitan Maxim Hermaniuk, C.S.s.R., second from the left, blesses with holy water the patron of Father Ruh’s home parish, the Blessed Virgin Mary, of the Church of the Immaculate Conception. In the photo on the right the painting is borne outside, on the church grounds. See Grotto pillars in back, top. Cook's Creek, Manitoba.
Photo postcard of St. Mary’s Ukrainian Catholic Church, designed by Father Ruh in 1924 and built entirely of wood within eleven months. The design included three galleries. The church was struck by lightning in the summer of 1966 and burned to the ground.
View from the west of St. Michael’s Ukrainian Catholic Church, designed by the architect Radoslav Zuk and built by Father Ruh’s protégé, Father Matthew Kotowich, O.M.I., in the years 1961-1962. The church was demolished around 1991.
View from the southwest of St. Michael’s Ukrainian Catholic Church, designed by architect, Radoslav Zuk and built by Father Ruh’s protégé, Father Matthew Kotowich, O.M.I., in the years 1961-1962. The church was demolished around 1991.
Metropolitan Maxim Hermaniuk, C.S.s.R., celebrates with his brethren on the main altar of the Ukrainian Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Children dressed in white for First Communion file through the large crowd gathered before the main cavern of the Grotto in Honour of Our Lady of Lourdes.
John Palidwar, a volunteer Knight of Columbus and member of Father Ruh’s parish in Cook’s Creek throughout his service there, helps bring to a conclusion the construction begun by Father Ruh in his last project, the Grotto in Honour of Our Lady of Lourdes. The original concept was never fully realized.