A Brief History of Centro Zen
Centro Zen de Puerto Rico, Inc. was established in 1983 by the Puerto Rican students of Rev. Joshu Sasaki Roshi. Roshi has been giving dai-sesshin in Puerto Rico since 1979 under the sponsorship of Dr. Oscar Moreno who organized several sesshins without benefit of having an existing Center. In 1983, with the help of many people here, the ACOPRO center, built by Don Salvador Sendra, was offered and acquired as Centro Zen.
Rev. Tando Bower was invited from California to help direct and develop the Center and remained as director of Centro Zen until 2001. He was substituted by Rev. Zengetsu Wanda Stewardson who became Kanju of Centro Zen until October 13, 2006 when Rev. Gentatsu Oscar Pereira was appointed Vice Abbot by Kyozan Joshu Sasaki Roshi.