HOW CHRISTIAN EFFORTS IN AFRICA PROMOTE DIGNITY AND HEALTH by Ephraim Radner January 2016 If you ride New York City’s subways, you will see public service advertisements blazoned above you. Some come from “NYC Condom,” a service of the New York City Health Department, some from other groups (like the...
Year: 2015
Abstinence a healthier choice than condoms
The Pueblo Chieftain | BY ANDREW DERNOVSEK Published: December 13, 2015; Last modified: December 13, 2015 11:42AM In the wake of the sexting scandal at Canon City High School, I have had many people ask what can be done to help young people make wiser decisions. The problem runs much deeper than exchanging explicit...
My Five Years in Universal Chastity Education (UCE) Tanzania
By Isaac Lema, Tanzania, (January 2015)- A few days before graduating for my first university degree, I received a phone call from Fr. Aidan Ulungi telling me that we needed to meet and discuss Universal Chastity Education (UCE). At that time, I did not know anything about UCE. On the...
Nearly 7,000 youth commit to chastity in Gulu as the UCE message spreads
By Walubo Jude, Gulu, Uganda (November)- The past months we have been working to spread the message of chastity in the new ground of Gulu where there is a plentiful harvest waiting to be reaped. In these past months, we reached 29 schools and established 13 new chastity clubs. 9,045...
A light on the mountain
By Isaac Lema, Itona, Tanzania (September 2015)- On August 28th, it was a beautiful morning, and the UCE team gathered and prayed before starting our journey into the mountains. It took us 2 hours journey to reach Itona, which is about 80 kilometers from Iringa town. On reaching Mafinga town...
Youth in Uganda pledge to remain chaste and rejoin school
By Nevaless Masika, Kasese, Uganda (August)- On August 8th the UCE team traveled to Karambi to visit the reach out to the youth of the region. Now here, we desired to reach the out of school youth so we gathered them at the Church hall. After the arrival of the...
UCE at Colorado Mesa University
On August 21st Universal Chastity Education (UCE) and Mesa Catholic campus ministry joined together to offer students the opportunity to choose chastity at ‘Safe and Sexy,’ an event hosted by Colorado Mesa University (CMU) in Grand Junction. The event was designed to encourage students to protect themselves by using a...
UCE Annual Report Fiscal Year ended 2014 published
Enjoy the summary of UCE activities from the past year! UCE Annual Report Fiscal Year Ended July 31st 2014
UCE Kasese holds prayer conference, reaches out to nomadic minority
By Nevaless Masika, Kasese, Uganda (July)- July 28th, 2015 was a very wonderful, special, and memorable day for the people of Kasese, especially for the youth who had ever signed chastity commitment cards. The day brought together 20 secondary schools with a total number of 1000 students, UCE Club Members,...