{"id":16337,"date":"2026-09-07T19:42:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T23:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/?post_type=ctc_event&#038;p=16337"},"modified":"2026-09-08T08:19:34","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T12:19:34","slug":"new-england-peace-pagoda-field-trip","status":"publish","type":"ctc_event","link":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/events\/new-england-peace-pagoda-field-trip\/","title":{"rendered":"New England Peace Pagoda Celebration"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We wanted to share this wonderful upcoming event with our BFF community in case you would like to attend independently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The New England Peace Pagoda in Leverett, Massachusetts will be celebrating its 41st year anniversary on Sunday, October 4, 2026, beginning at approximately 11:00 AM. The celebration is expected to include ceremony, speakers, and food and is free and open to everyone regardless of background or belief.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Please note that the Pagoda&#8217;s website is still being updated with the official announcement. <strong>We strongly encourage interested visitors to check the Pagoda&#8217;s website directly to confirm all dates, times, and details before making plans to attend.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udd17 <strong>New England Peace Pagoda:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/newenglandpeacepagoda.org\/\">https:\/\/newenglandpeacepagoda.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udd17 <strong>Wat Kiry Vongsa Bopharam:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.templenews.org\/\">https:\/\/www.templenews.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/peace-pagoda-7-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16339\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.7500048302645053;width:232px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/peace-pagoda-7-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/peace-pagoda-7-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/peace-pagoda-7.jpg 1026w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>A few helpful notes if you do decide to go:<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udccd Located in Leverett, MA \u2014 approximately 1.5 hours from Middletown, CT<br>\ud83d\udd59 Plan to arrive by <strong>10:30 AM<\/strong> \u2014 earlier than the posted start time<br>\ud83c\udd7f\ufe0f Parking is free at the bottom of the hill at the <strong>Wat Kiry Vongsa Bopharam<\/strong> \u2014 walk or take a shuttle up to the Pagoda<br>\ud83d\ude97 Parking is limited \u2014 carpooling with friends is highly recommended<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Buddhist Faith Fellowship is not organizing this as an official event and is sharing this purely as a community notice for those who may be interested in attending on their own. We take no responsibility for any changes to the program or schedule \u2014 please verify all details directly with the Pagoda before attending<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/peace-pagoda-5-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16340\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.3333562326108612;width:373px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/peace-pagoda-5-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/peace-pagoda-5-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/peace-pagoda-5-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/peace-pagoda-5.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We wanted to share this wonderful upcoming event with our BFF community in case you would like to attend independently. The New England Peace Pagoda in Leverett, Massachusetts will be celebrating its 41st year anniversary on Sunday, October 4, 2026, beginning at approximately 11:00 AM. The celebration is expected to include ceremony, speakers, and food&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":747,"featured_media":16338,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","ctc_event_category":[235],"class_list":["post-16337","ctc_event","type-ctc_event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","ctc_event_category-events","ctfw-has-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_event\/16337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ctc_event"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/747"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16337"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_event\/16337\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16346,"href":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_event\/16337\/revisions\/16346"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ctc_event_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_event_category?post=16337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}