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Manitoba--Portage la Prairie
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PRPC0430

"Portage about 1929, beginning church." Young workers assist Father Ruh in the excavation of the basement of the Ukrainian Catholic Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Father Ruh stands at the top, on the left.

Portage la Prairie, Manitoba.

PRPC0073

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.

PRPC0074

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.

PRPC0075

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.

PRPC0076

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.

PRPC0082

On the occasion of the consecration of the land for the new church. ?Father Ruh in vestments in the centre of the photo, during the consecration of the site of the Ukrainian Catholic Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Portage la Prairie, Manitoba.

PRPC0079

The Ukrainian Catholic Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, with scaffolding, during construction. The church was designed by Father Ruh and built between 1925 and 1929.

Portage la Prairie, Manitoba.

PRPC0081

Outdoor religious procession celebrated by the parishioners of the Ukrainian Catholic Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, designed and built by Father Ruh. Scaffolding and lumber piles bear witness to the work which took place between 1925 and 1929.

Portage la Prairie, Manitoba.

PRPC0077

Father Ruh, with his pipe and leaning on his level, sits in the third row from the bottom, the sixth person from the right. Mike Sawchuk, wearing his carpenter’s apron, stands in the row behind Father Ruh, the fourth man from the left, amongst volunteer workers posing in front of the Ukrainian Catholic Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, in its early stages of construction.

Portage la Prairie, Manitoba.

PRPC0080

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.

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