Updated 3 July 2023
BGKT 2023 News
November 2023
Inter Faith Week 2023
INTERFAITH WEEK 12 – 19 November 2023
BGKT will participate
https://www.interfaithweek.org/
July 2023
CUF Cumbria Unity Festival Saturday 22 July 2022. BGKT will participate
July 2023
Civic Celebration for Mayor’s Sunday Kendal 2 July 2023
Kendal Civic Celebration for Mayor’s Sunday led by The Worshipful the Town Mayor Councillor Julia Dunlop on Sunday 2 July 2023, included an invitation from the Mayor to faith groups in Kendal.
BGKT Secretary Jacquetta Gomes (also WFEDP Lead on Interfaith and Multifaith) represented BGKT Buddhist Group of Kendal (Theravada), SLIF South Lakeland Interfaith Forum and WFEDP Westmorland and Furness Equality and Diversity Partnership. She walked in the Procession and attended the Mayor’s Sunday Service in Kendal Parish Church.
June 2023
Bhante Bodhidhamma Head of Satipanya Buddhist Trust visited The Quaker Tapestry Kendal on Friday 30 June 2023. He was the guest of BGKT Buddhist Group of Kendal (Theravada) and Keswick Buddhist Group (Theravada). Keswick Buddhist Group is the oldest Theravada Buddhist Group in Cumbria founded in 1989.
Weblinkhttps://www.satipanya.org.uk/
June 2023
“HM The King’s Coronation” by Jacquetta Gomes, WCF World Congress of Faiths Newsletter, (Summer 2023).
Weblinkhttps://worldfaiths.org/
Weblinkhttps://worldfaiths.org/news-and-blogs/
May 2023
Buddhist Monk Venerable Mahalova Ariyadhamma (who lives in a forest in Sri Lanka) led a meditation and Buddhist Teaching meeting for Buddhist Group of Kendal (Theravada) and Keswick Buddhist Group on 23 May 2023.
May 2023
“Class Notes: Jacquetta Gomes”, Durham Newswire (May 2023) includes Jacquetta Gomes BGKT Secretary, SLEDP Lead on Interfaith and Multifaith and Durham University Alumna.
https://www.dunelm.org.uk/news
https://www.dunelm.org.uk/news/newswire
May 2023
BGKT Treasurer John Gerrard Upasaka Sumedha (representing BGKT) and BGKT Secretary Jacquetta Gomes Bodhicarini Upasika Jayasili (SLEDP South Lakeland Equality and Diversity Partnership Lead on Interfaith and Multifaith representing SLEDP) have been invited by HM Lord-Lieutenant of Cumbria to participate in a service at Carlisle Cathedral to Celebrate the Coronation of His Majesty King Charles III.
Weblinkhttps://carlislecathedral.org.uk/coronation-of-king-charles-iii-celebrations-at-carlisle-cathedral/
May 2023
2023 5 May “BHCT Buddhist Healthcare Chaplaincy Trust Fire Chaplaincy [Fire Chaplain Jacquetta Gomes]”, Chaplaincy Everywhere Chaplaincy + Social Justice Newsletter
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May 2023
BGKT’s Vesak Celebration took place on May 5 evening at Kendal Unitarian Chapel. The Mayor of Kendal Councillor Julia Dunlop attended.
Weblink: https://www.buddhistgroupofkendal.co.uk/vesak/
Weblink: https://www.buddhistgroupofkendal.co.uk/vesak-timetable-for-home-celebration/
April 2023
Buddhist Monk Venerable Mahalova Ariyadhamma (who lives in a forest in Sri Lanka) led a meditation and Buddhist Teaching meeting for Buddhist Group of Kendal (Theravada) on 18 April 2023.
March 2023
Buddhist Monk Venerable Mahalova Ariyadhamma (who lives in a forest in Sri Lanka) led a meditation and Buddhist Teaching meeting for Buddhist Group of Kendal (Theravada) on 14 March 2023.
February 2023
“Class Notes: Jacquetta Gomes”, Durham Newswire (February 2023) includes Jacquetta Gomes BGKT Secretary, SLEDP Lead on Interfaith and Multifaith and Durham University Alumna.
https://www.dunelm.org.uk/news
https://www.dunelm.org.uk/news/newswire
February 2023
Buddhist Monk Venerable Mahalova Ariyadhamma (who lives in a forest in Sri Lanka) led a meditation and Buddhist Teaching meeting for Buddhist Group of Kendal (Theravada) and Keswick Buddhist Group on 21 February 2023.
February 2023
7 February 2023 “How the Chaplaincy Innovation Lab helped me in 2022”, Jacquetta Gomes, Fire Chaplain, United Kingdom
https://chaplaincyinnovation.org/2023/02/how-the-lab-helped-me-in-2022
February 2023
WIHW World Interfaith Harmony Week 1 – 7 February 2023
Website:https://worldinterfaithharmonyweek.com/
BGKT participated in WIHW World Interfaith Harmony Week events in Kendal. These are included on the WIHW website.
Website Events 2023:https://worldinterfaithharmonyweek.com/event-calendar/
Event: SLEDP South Lakeland Equality and Diversity Partnership Golden Rule 2 sessions every day of WIHW
https://worldinterfaithharmonyweek.com/pec-events/sledp-south-lakeland-equality-and-diversity-partnership-golden-rule-2-sessions-every-day-of-wihw/
Website Reports 2023:https://worldinterfaithharmonyweek.com/reports-2023/
Report: WIHW The World Interfaith Harmony Week February 1-7 2023 in South Lakeland England UK
https://worldinterfaithharmonyweek.com/view-reports/?report=72500
KTC Kendal Town Council Facebook page
“Wonderful to see a gathering in the Mayor’s Parlour as part of World Interfaith Harmony Week”, KTC Kendal Town Council Facebook page,2 February 2023.
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January 2023
Sakyadhita UK (International Association of Buddhist Women) UK Branch Newsletter
Sakyadhita UK Newsletter Archive
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2023 24 January “BEWES Buddhists Engaged with Emergency Services”, Sakyadhita [International Association of Buddhist Women] UK Newsletter, January 2023 Newsletter (17 January 2023).
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January 2023
Buddhist Monk Venerable Mahalova Ariyadhamma (who lives in a forest in Sri Lanka) led a meditation and Buddhist Teaching meeting for Buddhist Group of Kendal (Theravada) on 12 January 2023.
January 2023
Sakyadhita UK (International Association of Buddhist Women) UK Branch
4 January 2023, 7:30 – 8:30 pm Informal conversation following on December’s talk on Buddhists Engaged with Emergency Services (BEWES).
Sakyadhita UK (International Association of Buddhist Women) UK Branch
Weblinkhttps://sakyadhitauk.org/events/
BGKT Secretary Jacquetta Gomes Bodhicarini Upasika Jayasili gave a talk about BEWES Buddhists Engaged with Emergency Services for Sakyadhita UK (International Association of Buddhist Women) UK Branch on Wednesday 7 December 2022.BEWES Buddhists Engaged with Emergency Services developed from Faith and Fire in 2014. BEWES is an informal unofficial group which facilitates contact without liability, between Buddhists (firefighters, advisors, chaplains, volunteers, etc.) working with emergency services and related organisations.
BEWES has a Facebook page.
https://www.facebook.com/BEWES-Buddhists-Engaged-with-Emergency-Services-810763728983799/
Jacquetta Gomes was involved in the development of Faith and Fire (started January 2013) and BEWES (started December 2014). She is acknowledged as the first female Buddhist Fire Chaplain in the world.
Sakyadhita UK 7 December 2022 Talk on BEWES Buddhists Engaged with Emergency Services
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