ism . ▁Le aving ▁written ▁evidence ▁was ▁dangerous ▁as ▁its ▁activities ▁were ▁illegal ▁and ▁the ▁members ▁could ▁easily ▁be ▁arrested ▁by ▁the ▁Ts ar ist ▁police . ▁Therefore , ▁the ▁society ▁split ▁– ▁T um as - V ai ž g ant as ▁and ▁nine ▁others ▁established ▁a ▁less ▁formal ▁society . ▁It ▁became ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁Society ▁of ▁Saint ▁Cas imir ▁when ▁one ▁of ▁its ▁members , ▁Paul ius ▁Š il in sk as , ▁obtained ▁re lic s ▁of ▁Saint ▁Cas imir , ▁patron ▁saint ▁of ▁Lith u ania . ▁The ▁society ▁translated ▁into ▁Lith uan ian ▁and ▁published ▁several ▁books , ▁including ▁a ▁work ▁by ▁Irish ▁Card inal ▁Nicholas ▁Wis eman , ▁collection ▁of ▁g osp els ▁published ▁by ▁Jó zef ▁Z aw ad z ki ▁in ▁ 1 8 5 7 , ▁c ate ch ism ▁by ▁Ro ch ▁Fil och owski . ▁At ▁its ▁peak ▁as ▁many ▁as ▁a ▁third ▁of ▁the ▁sem inary ▁students ▁were ▁its ▁members , ▁but ▁the ▁society ▁was ▁short - l ived . ▁ ▁Est ab lish ment ▁The ▁Lith uan ian ▁press ▁ban ▁was ▁lifted ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 4 ▁and ▁Lith uan ian ▁cler gy ▁returned ▁to ▁the ▁idea ▁of ▁publishing ▁religious ▁literature ▁in ▁the ▁Lith uan ian ▁language . ▁In ▁July ▁ 1 9 0 5 , ▁about ▁ 4 0 ▁pri ests ▁gathered ▁in ▁Pl ung ė ▁to ▁celebr ate ▁construction ▁of ▁a ▁new ▁church . ▁They ▁established ▁a ▁publishing ▁company ▁Š alt in is ▁( stream ,