Listen to an in-depth interview about the ongoing HIV/AIDS crisis in sub-Saharan African and the success that UCE has had in combating the pandemic. Bishop Michael Sheridan talks with Universal Chastity Education (UCE) co-founders, Drs. Kim and Ken Dernovsek, and their son, UCE Executive Director, Andrew Dernovsek.
Topics covered in the November 2013 radio/podcast include
- Founding of UCE in 2004 as a non-profit organization to promote abstinence until faithful marriage, building upon the Ugandan success against AIDS
- Uniqueness of UCE outreaches with Christ-centered message as central teaching, supplemented by accurate medical facts
- Update on the global HIV/AIDS crisis
- Why chastity?
- Success of UCE with 250,000 chastity commitments made by youth and UCE’s remarkable pregnancy reduction statistics
- The Executive Director’s experience as a Peace Corps Volunteer for over 2 years in Lesotho, Africa, living in a “culture of death”
- Chastity Sunday, the 27th Sunday in ordinary time, now shared by Uganda, Iringa Diocese in Tanzania, Makamba Diocese in Burundi and the Diocese of Pueblo
- UCE outreaches in Colorado
- World AIDS Day Agape Meal, speaker on “Faithfulness Brings Freedom” and all-night prayer vigil November 30th, 2013 at Christ the King Church, Pueblo CO
Listen to the broadcast on the radio during the week of November 27th, 2013, when
“Bishop Sheridan Presents” airs on KFEL 970 AM in Colorado Springs and
Pueblo and on 1570 KPIO in the Denver Metro area, at 7 a.m. Wednesday,
11 a.m. Saturday and Noon on Sunday.
“Bishop Sheridan Presents” is a production of the Colorado Catholic Herald Newspaper, the Diocese of Colorado Springs and the Catholic Radio Network.
Listen HERE to the radio broadcast
Or visit the Colorado Catholic Herald website , scroll down to find the most recent November 2013 Universal Chastity Education interview, and listen there. On that page you can also hear other guests the Bishop has had on his show at various times, such as George Weigel, Christopher West, Fr. Mitch Pacwa and Fr. Robert Barron.