Throughout his priesthood he took great care to protect the spiritual health and growth of his parishioners for whom he wrote and published a catechism (1875) and other books to help parents and children. In 1877 he returned to Lviv and in 1878 was made the senior priest of the parish of Saint Nicholas; he was there for four decades while serving in schools and founding the "Bonus Pastor Association" for priests. He founded a home and a soup kitchen for the poor as well as a healthcare center for ill patients (the "Affordable Public House"); he set up an institute for poor seminarians as well as a home for single mothers and orphans (the "House of the Child Jesus") and the "Saint Joseph's Polish-German Catholic School". Gorazdowski also founded the Sisters of Saint Joseph on 17 February 1884.