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THE COVENTRY GROUP
3435 Stelzer Road
Columbus, Ohio 43219
May 27, 1998
VIA EDGAR TRANSMISSION
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, NW
Attention: Filing Desk
Stop 1-4
Washington, DC 20549-1004
Subject: The Coventry Group -- Securities Act of 1933
Registration No. 33-44964 and Investment Company
Act of 1940 File No. 811-6526 -- Rule 497 (j) Filing
Ladies and Gentlemen:
On behalf of The Coventry Group (the "Group"), the undersigned hereby
certifies, on behalf of the Group, that the form of Prospectus and Statement of
Additional Information for the Willamette Value Fund, that would have been
filed under paragraph (c) of Rule 497 of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, would not have differed from the one contained in the most recent
post-effective amendment to the Group's Registration Statement on Form N-1A as
filed on May 22, 1998, and that the text of such post-effective amendment has
been filed electronically.
THE COVENTRY GROUP
By /s/ Walter B. Grimm
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Walter B. Grimm, President
