AZC affiliated Centres
Roshi Amala Wrightson, Paolo Andrizzi and Sensei Richard Von Sturmer (Centre), founders of Roma Zen Center.
Roma Zen Center
The Roma Zen Center is the first affiliate of the Auckland Zen Cente. It was founded in 2024 by Roshi Amala Wrightson, Sensei Richard von Sturmer and Paolo Andrizzi, a lay member of the Three Jewels order, and other students from Rome including: Chiara Di Stefano, Sharon Chai, Francesco Nanni, Lorenzo Casadei and Fabiana Sonnino.
Contacts: info@romazencenter.org
paolo@romazencenter.org
Website: https://romazencenter.org/
2023 ordination of Paolo Andrizzi, lay member of the Order of the Three Jewels. Paolo is in the center with Roshi and Sensei. On the left are his daughter Miryam, his wife Fabiana and his son Jacopo. On the right are Francesco Nanni and Rory McCarthy.
The Roma Zen Center was born with the aim of bringing to Italy the teachings of the lineage of the Rochester Zen Center, founded by Roshi Philip Kapleau, under the guidance of Roshi Amala Wrightson.