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.
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.
"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.
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.
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.
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.
Series consists of correspondence so designated by Sister Cornelia Mantyka, Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Winnipeg Archives archivist in the 1980s, and Nick Yakimishyn, archivist from May 1991 to September 1993. There are many cards, congratulations, letters, and postcards, personal and professional, spanning both the vocational and administrative career of Metropolitan Maxim.
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.
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.
Several interior and exterior photographs of Catholic Parish of the Holy Ghost in Winnipeg, Manitoba. On back: “Dear Father! We are celebrating Feast day of the ??? ??? of Holy Ghost Church. It will be great pleasure to have you with us on Nov 13th Monday noon ??? Please be there. ??? ??? your brother Father Kosakiewiez (?). Addressed to Philip Ruh.