Fr. Albert Ajamie asked Phil Wermuth to
start a charismatic prayer group at St. Mary's following a series of
Gallagher Renewal retreats at St. Mary's in 1982 and 1983. Our first
gathering was at the end of September, 1983. People from several other
charismatic prayer groups helped us launch the first prayer meeting,
having approximately 35 in attendance. Sadly, the other charismatic
prayer groups in southern Indiana are no longer in existence.
Covenant Prayer Group has taken several bus trips to the National
Charismatic Conference at the University of Notre Dame. We have also
attended the 40th anniversary conference at Duquesne University near
Pittsburgh and conferences at the Catholic University of Steubenville.
We attended a F.I.R.E. Rally and the Evangelization 2000 Conference in
Indianapolis. Members have attended the local conference for the last
several years at the Flaget Center in Louisville. The music group,
"Testify", has also ministered at several of the Louisville conferences,
as well as "Praise Days" and Life in the Spirit Seminars. Covenant
Prayer Group celebrated its 20th anniversary by participating with a
float in the Lanesville Heritage Weekend. The prayer group also held a
weekend family retreat at the Lincoln State Park near Jasper, with Fr.
Noel Mueller, and a Day of Reflection with Fr. Eric Lies, held at St.
Mary's.