 After being ordained in 1850, he worked as a curate in Dražovice, Topolany, Brankovice, Pustiměř and in Tichá near Frenštát pod Radhoštěm.After this he became a parson in Blansko; additionally during his work in Břest he was appointed an honour consistory counsellor.During his vocation he founded libraries in schools, hunted for members for various religious unions, established economic associations, mutual savings banks and heavily contributed to political and humorous-instruction magazines with verses and prose.