St. Mary’s Ukrainian Catholic Church was designed by Father Ruh and built entirely of wood between 1924 and 1925.

Mountain Road, Manitoba.

[On the back of the postcard:] “Good old Ruh! Where are you hiding? I waited for you in vain – even though you’ve ploughed through everything and are unconquered, they give you no respect. Therefore come soon – we’re waiting for you. God be with you. Your Anton Sylla, OMI. [To] Rev. Fath. Ruh[,] Box 44[,] Portage la Prairie[,] Man."

Photo postcard of the Holy Ghost Polish Catholic Church, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Rectangular tin plate depicting the Ukrainian Catholic Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, designed and built by Father Ruh between 1925 and 1929. The photo is trimmed with gilt and bordered with a red, green, black, and white motif.

Portage la Prairie, Manitoba.

"MASS AT NEW UKRAINIAN GREEK CATHOLIC CHURCH WINNIPEGOSIS SEP 22, 1929"

The parish and others gathered in front of the Ukrainian Catholic Church of the Ascension. Standing in the centre of the crowd in the third row from the rear is Mary Harasymchuk who was to marry Mike Yanchynski in Mountain Road in October of 1929.

Winnipegosis, Manitoba

The Ukrainian Catholic Church of the Ascension of the Blessed Virgin Mary, designed by Father Ruh and built between 1927 and 1929. The master carpenter was Mike Sawchuk who had been trained by Father Ruh in Mountain Road in 1924-1925.

Winnipegosis, Manitoba.

According to Mary Yanchynski, who was Father Ruh’s housekeeper for thirty years, the photo shows Father Lopishansky, OMI, with the car given to Father Ruh by the Ukrainian Catholic parish in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba.

The location is possibly Cook's Creek, Manitoba.

Joe Stutt of St. John the Baptist Parish, in his role as Jesus in The Passion Play which was written and directed by Father Ruh and performed throughout local communities to raise money to continue construction of the new church which was rededicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary in 1952 as the Church of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

The location is possibly Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Photo postcard of a celebration at St. Mary’s Ukrainian Catholic Church. A large number of cars are parked along the pasture fence where once the horses were tied.

Mountain Road, Manitoba.

The congregation standing outside the Ukrainian Catholic Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, with Bishop Ladyka standing in the centre and Father Ruh to his left, near the wooden door, his face partially concealed by the symbolic staff carried by the boy in front.

Portage la Prairie, Manitoba.