In the early 70s, the early days of the University of Benin, Rev. Fr. Robert W. Dundon, an American missionary priest of the Order of the Jesuits, had taken up a lectureship at the school, the Department of Chemistry specifically. Interestingly, he had been a part of the charismatic revivals of 1967-1970 at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, and the University of Notre Dame, both in the United States.

Here, Fr. Dundon had his initial encounters with the Lord, and although usually clad in regular priestly garments, he was a carrier of the same fire when he arrived in Nigeria as a missionary lecturer. He began to gather a few catholic students at the chemistry lab of the university for times of bible study, praising God, and prayers.

These were the beginnings of what eventually became the Light of Christ Community, Catholic Charismatic Renewal, UNIBEN/UBTH.
These meetings were like a reintroduction to the Acts of the Apostles; the pages of scripture began to take life and give light.

A culture of the word and prayers had begun to form. The atmosphere was pure, free of guile, and prayers were as though all the people were linked to the same generator which was somewhere in the unseen realm: they were praying down a revival that had already been gathered in the spirit