He attended primary school at Saint Clement School before continuing on to Divine Word minor seminary and college in Girard, Pennsylvania. He graduated in 1931. Father Lovasik then entered the Divine Word Major Seminary in Techny, Illinois, where he graduated in 1938.
French Foreign over forty years, he preached parish missions throughout the Eastern United States and conducted retreats throughout the world. In 1954, Father Lovasik founded the Sisters of the Divine Spirit, a missionary congregation of women religious. In 1967, he founded the Family Service Corps, a secular institute devoted to charitable work for the sick, elderly and needy.
Father Lovasik said his life"s ideal was to make God more known and loved through his writings.
He published more than 30 books and over 75 pamphlets including prayer books, Bible stories for children, lives of the saints, and catechisms. Father Lovasik retired from missionary work in 1982.
He died on June 9, 1986.
