Kicking off 2017

UCE has some exciting changes in store for 2017! I bring you news of exciting changes for UCE as we look forward to our future. With the growth of UCE and a change in my life (more on that below)  UCE welcomes on board the “old” and the “new”, who...

UCE Reaches Diocese of Pueblo Youth

PUEBLO, CO. –Universal Chastity Education (UCE) hosted a series of outreaches earlier this month to bring the message of chastity, abstinence until a faithful marriage, to teenagers throughout the state of Colorado. Five UCE team members delivered a message of hope and renewal to students in youth groups at Christ...

UCE Annual Report FY Ended 2015

Our UCE patron in Tanzania, Bishop Tarcisius Ngalalekumtwa, President of the Tanzania Episcopal Conference, said upon the formation of UCE Tanzania in 2008, “I think UCE will be a new way of bringing the Gospel to the youth.” Those prophetic words proved true where on the same annual budget since 2008, the program...

Lenten Agape Meal and Reflections

On March 13, 2016 Universal Chastity Education and Our Lady of the Assumption Roman Catholic Church held a Lenten Agape Meal and Reflections, “Stories from Africa: Lessons on Overcoming Adversity”. The meal was led by Fr. John Farley, and different members of the community read the stories. The UCE Executive Director prefaced...

Youth ‘Fished out for the Lord’ in Kasese, Uganda

By Nevaless Masika, Kasese, Uganda (February 2016)- “On January 15th, we traveled to the Kasanga area to reach out of school youth. The team reached the venue and was welcomed by community leaders. The youth had gathered and were waiting to hear from the UCE team. Upon arrival, the team...

MINISTRIES OF LIFE

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...

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...