USA Update

For those in the Colorado area, save the date, December 1st. UCE will be hosting a “Chastity Heals” evening with a soup supper and all night prayer vigil to pray for chastity in our church, families and society. More details to follow. Also, earlier this month, UCE hosted an outreach at St...

A UCE Thank You!

“May the Lord bless you and keep you. May the Lord show you his kindness and have mercy on you.  May the Lord watch over you and give you peace.” Numbers 6:24-26 Thank you to all who supported UCE’s Braai 2018 and matching grant opportunity. I’m thrilled to announce that UCE achieved the full $25,000...

UCE Annual Report Fiscal Year Ended 2013

As we descended from the UCE team’s mountain home of Makamba, Burundi to the lowlands of the neighboring district of Nyanza-Lac the temperature increased, and the air grew muggy and oppressive. We drove through the huge community built around fishing, and the mood of the people matched the stifling heaviness...

American Moves

You may recognize the photo of this team, who not so long ago came together to conduct outreaches over the winter months. Sarah Smith will be taking over the role of Interim USA Director. She has a long history of volunteering for UCE on outreaches throughout the Diocese of Pueblo and knows the...

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...

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...