 He then studied at Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. for a year before becoming principal of St. Aloysius Institute in Helena, Montana, in 1909.He was a professor at Carroll College from 1910 to 1914, and briefly returned to Catholic University (1912–1913).He then served as chancellor of the Diocese of Helena until 1927, when he became pastor of Immaculate Conception Church in Butte.