and placed in a more elaborate casket. Taškūnas departed Dzisna due to an illness in 1920. He joined a monastery of the Congregation of Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception in Marijampolė, but left after six weeks due to lack of calling. He then moved to Vilnius where in September 1920 he got a job as a religion teacher at the Lithuanian . In 1922, he left the gymnasium to work as a chaplain at the Lithuanian Teachers' Seminary maintained by the Lithuanian Education Society Rytas until its closure in 1927 and as a parson at the Church of St. Stephen, Vilnius. He returned to the gymnasium, this time as a chaplain, in 1926 and worked there until summer 1935 when he was replaced by . After the death of Petras Kraujalis, Taškūnas was appointed as the instructor of the Lithuanian language at Vilnius Priest Seminary in September 1933. He later taught other subjects as well. For example, in 1943–1944, he taught Latin and patristics. Lithuanian activist Taškūnas joined the Lithuanian cultural life in Vilnius. Since Lithuania–Poland relations were tense due to the territorial dispute over Vilnius, activists faced repressions from the Polish authorities. In particular, in retribution for closing Polish schools in Lithuania, Polish police closed 44 Lithuanian schools and the Teachers' Seminary and arrested 25 Lithuanian activists, including Taškūnas. In later years, Taškūnas was sued and faced fines several times. In July 1932, Taškūnas was elected chairman of the Society of Saint Casimir for the Education and Care of Young People replacing priest . The society organized local chapters in towns and villages to promote the Lithuanian national identity and Catholicism. In 1936, Polish authorities ramped up anti-Lithuanian activities and closed the vast majority of the local chapters of the Society of Saint Casimir. The society itself was forcibly closed on 31 December 1937. A month before the closure, society's headquarters and residences of its board members (including that of Taškūnas) was searched by the police. In October 1932, Taškūnas established and became editor-in-chief of the Lithuanian Catholic periodical Vilniaus aušra. It was published monthly; it increased the frequency to twice a month in 1937 and to weekly in 1938–1939. The last issue appeared on 17 September 1939, the day of the Soviet invasion of Poland. The newspaper published mostly religious texts as well as articles on culture and education. It wrote about the activities of Lithuanian societies