Updated 26 June 2021
BGKT 2021 News
June 2021
Venerable Pidiville Piyatissa (Head of Ketumati Buddhist Vihara Manchester) and BGKT Secretary Jacquetta Gomes were interviewed on 23 June in advance for the July Cumbria Global Thought Festival.
https://www.instagram.com/globalthoughtfestival/
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-global-thought-festival-tickets-150328852645
June 2021
Cumbria Unity Festival Saturday 19 June 2021. Venerable Pidiville Piyatissa (Head of Ketumati Buddhist Vihara Manchester) led a session of mindfulness and meditation on behalf of BGKT for CUF Cumbria Unity Festival.
http://www.cumbriaunity.org/cumbria-unity-festival-2021
http://www.cumbriaunity.org/festival-day-2021
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kMo2P-3nP0Yckse6dGb_ZtkpVBvEvrXL/view
https://www.facebook.com/UnityFestival/
June 2021
Faith Action is a national organisation.
https://www.faithaction.net/
BGKT Secretary Jacquetta Gomes (who is a Fire Chaplain) was a panellist at Faith action’s Coffee House on Chaplaincy on 16 June 2021.
2021 11 June “Join us next Weds at 11am for our Coffee House! Find out more about the role of chaplains in Covid-19 and the recovery from the pandemic. Panellists: Imam, NHS mental health chaplain & Jacquetta Gomes, Buddhist Fire chaplain.”
https://twitter.com/FaithActionnet/status/1403373089983971338/photo/1
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/faithaction-coffee-house-chaplaincy-tickets-158882605149#
June 2021
Sakyadhita UK Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/SakyadhitaUK
2021 11 June “Women in British Buddhism: Commitment, Connection, Community, was published by Routledge (in the Critical Studies in Buddhism series) in 2020, by Dr Caroline Starkey Associate Professor of Religion and Society at the University of Leeds”, Sakyadhita [International Association of Buddhist Women] UK Newsletter, (June 2021). (BGKT Secretary Jacquetta Gomes is mentioned in this article as a Fire Chaplain).
Sakyadhita UK Newsletter
2021 11 June “Women in British Buddhism: Commitment, Connection, Community, was published by Routledge (in the Critical Studies in Buddhism series) in 2020, by Dr Caroline Starkey Associate Professor of Religion and Society at the University of Leeds”, Sakyadhita [International Association of Buddhist Women] UK Newsletter, (June 2021). (BGKT Secretary Jacquetta Gomes is mentioned in this article as a Fire Chaplain).
https://mailchi.mp/598e084557ae/julys-informal-chat-more
May 2021
BGKT’s Vesak Celebration took place at Kendal Unitarian Chapel Hall (under Covid-19 restrictions) on May 26 2021. The Mayor of Kendal Councillor Douglas Rathbone attended.
Kendal Town Council Website
https://www.kendaltowncouncil.gov.uk/events/2021-05/
KTC Kendal Town Council Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/kendaltowncouncil/photos/a.105501781245631/303476978114776/
https://www.facebook.com/kendaltowncouncil/posts/303477074781433
2021 10 June “Kendal Mayor attends special Buddhism Vesak celebration”
April 2021
Sakyadhita UK Facebook
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2021 21 April Newsletter “Photographs shared from an Upasika (female lay Buddhist) member of BGKT Buddhist Group of Kendal (Theravada)”, Sakyadhita [International Association of Buddhist Women] UK Newsletter, Spring News (April 2021).
Sakyadhita UK Newsletter
2021 17 April “Photographs shared from an Upasika (female lay Buddhist) member of BGKT Buddhist Group of Kendal (Theravada)”, Sakyadhita [International Association of Buddhist Women] UK Newsletter, Spring News (April 2021).
March 2021
2021 28 March “Faith Viewpoint: The Power of Nature”, BGKT Buddhist Group of Kendal, The Westmorland Gazette, (25 March 2021) page 41.
March 2021
“Durham University “International Women’s Day” 2021 page on Durham University website. “Pioneering female chaplains from Durham University” includes Jacquetta Gomes BGKT Secretary, Fire Chaplain and Durham University Alumna.
https://www.dur.ac.uk/equality.diversity/events/iwd/
March 2021
“Class Notes: Jacquetta Gomes”, Durham Newswire (March 2021) includes Jacquetta Gomes BGKT Secretary, Fire Chaplain and Durham University Alumna.
https://www.dunelm.org.uk/news
https://www.dunelm.org.uk/news/newswire
February 2021
The High Sheriff of Cumbria led a meeting on 26 February 2021, with Venerable Pidiville Piyatissa Head of Ketumati Buddhist Vihara (Manchester). The meeting was also attended by Venerable Galpottayaye Pemananda from Ketumati Buddhist Vihara, and BGKT Secretary Jacquetta Gomes.
The High Sheriff of Cumbria Facebook Page
https://www.facebook.com/hscumbria2020/photos/a.112265030426890/256736352646423/
The High Sheriff of Cumbria Website
“Meeting with the Buddhist Community in Cumbria 26 February 2021”
Weblinkhttps://www.highsheriffofcumbria.co.uk/news-events-2020-2021/
https://www.highsheriffofcumbria.co.uk/news-events-2020-2021/
February 2021
2021 15 February “Kendal Buddhist Group founder becomes first woman profiled by international newsletter”
February 2021
WIHW World Interfaith Harmony Week 2021
Event: https://worldinterfaithharmonyweek.com/pec-events/session-at-home-of-meditation-prayer-and-study/
Report: https://worldinterfaithharmonyweek.com/view-reports/?report=55771
February
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2021 6 February Newsletter “Meet the Development Team: Jacquetta Gomes (Bodhicarini Upasika Jayasili)”, Sakyadhita [International Association of Buddhist Women] UK Newsletter, (First Issue) (February 2021).
https://www.facebook.com/SakyadhitaUK
Sakyadhita UK Newsletter
2021 6 February “Meet the Development Team: Jacquetta Gomes (Bodhicarini Upasika Jayasili)”, Sakyadhita [International Association of Buddhist Women] UK Newsletter, (First Issue) (February 2021).
https://mailchi.mp/5f52cec355d6/hello-welcome-from-sakyadhita-uk