Centro Dom Vital
| Abbreviation | CDV |
|---|---|
| Formation | May, 1922 |
| Founder | Jackson de Figueiredo |
| Type | Private nonprofit organization |
| Headquarters | Araújo Porto Alegre street, nº 60, Center |
| Location | |
Secretary General | Renato Beneduzi |
Key people | Alceu Amoroso Lima |
| Website | https://centrodomvital.com.br/ |
Centro Dom Vital (english: Dom Vital Center) is a historical lay Catholic cultural center based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Founded by the lawyer and journalist Jackson de Figueiredo, it shaped 20th-century Brazilian culture by bringing together important writers, artists, and philosophers, and by advocating the Church's doctrine and social teaching.
The Center's main goals were to catechize and educate laypeople, as well as to form a conservative, anti-modernist intellectual elite. Its members were crucial in establishing the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro.
It publishes the centenary journal A Ordem (pt) annually.