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...

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...

Official links chastity, reduced rate of HIV/AIDS

BY GAYLE PEREZ THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAINPublished: November 30, 2014 Growing up in Eastern Uganda, Jude Walubo Tadeo experienced the devastation and death of the AIDS virus. “Uganda was one of the most hardest hit (countries) by HIV,” said Tadeo, a native of Jinja, Uganda. “In the 1980s, our rate was so high....

UCE Executive Director Speaks at Pro-Life Conference in Nigeria

SUPPORTING, STRENGTHENING AND SUSTAINING A HEALTHY AND VIRTUOUS YOUTH WITH CHASTITY EDUCATIONSpeech delivered June 5, 2014 at the International Family & Pro-Life Conference in Abuja, Nigeria at the National Christian (Ecumenical) Centre By: Andrew Paul Dernovsek, Executive Director, Universal Chastity Education (UCE) https://youtu.be/JpF6xoEtefI PDF of the speech

African nations prove waiting pays off

Andrew Dernovsek, guest columnist, Pueblo Chieftain, December 22, 2013 My name is Andrew. I am 30 years old, single and I am abstaining from sex until I share the gift of sexuality with my wife in a faithful marriage. I still have blood pumping though my veins, and passion in...

8th Annual World AIDS Day 2013, Pueblo, Colorado

Our 8th Annual World AIDS Day Agape Meal and All Night Prayer Vigil was held at Christ the King Catholic Church in Pueblo, Colorado. As always, it was an ecumenical event, and we were joined by Anglicans, Catholics, Evangelicals, Nazarenes, and others. Angela Guarnere, an UCE speaker on chastity, spoke...

Bishop Sheridan Presents: Universal Chastity Education 2013

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...

World AIDS Day 2013

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Saturday, November 30th 5:30 PM: Agape Meal Light prayerful meal–Parish Hall, Led by Rev. Eric Goldy 6:45PM: Angela Guarnere “Faithfulness Brings Freedom” “Faithfulness Brings Freedom” We all have a deep desire to be free, and our culture makes it easy for us to do whatever we want,...

Sponsor an UCE Outreach!

By Andrew Dernovsek, (August 2013)- UCE began nine years ago with the idea that God has shown us how to live healthy lives. Today over 240,000 young people have confirmed this idea by making a choice for Christ, and making a choice to abstain until a faithful marriage. That is...

Coloradans take time to pray for World AIDS Day

Pueblo, CO, December 1st, 2012: Nearly 100 people from 10 churches came together this World AIDS Day to pray and fellowship on World AIDS Day. The evening was hosted by Universal Chastity Education and Christ the King Catholic Church, and began with an agape meal led by Rev. Brad Munroe...