He served as a vicar and catechist in various parishes, including Grodzisk, Dobromil, and Jeżowe, and was deeply involved in pastoral work and community development in Stalowa Wola.

Skoczyński played a significant role during World War II by saving many residents from German persecution and was a chaplain of the Home Army.

He was also a prominent figure in the post-war period, contributing to local infrastructure projects and the electrification of Pławo, as well as serving as chairman of the National Council in Stalowa Wola.

Then came illness, which prevented the priest from seeing the work resumed after a 10-year break and the consecration of the church, which was completed on 2 December 1973 by Cardinal Karol Wojtyła, the Metropolitan of Kraków.

Along with several conspiratorial activists, he organized a citizens' committee that defended the South Plants and Power Stations from destruction by the Germans.

Józef Skoczyński, in honor of this great patriot and social activist, where the rectory once stood and where he lived, now stands the Non-Public Healthcare Facility "Medyk".