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.