Centro Dom Vital
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| 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 played a decisive role in shaping Brazil's 20th-century literary and intellectual landscape by bringing together prominent writers, artists and philosophers, and by promoting the diffusion of the Church's doctrine and social teaching.[1][2][3][4]
The Center's main goals were to catechize and educate laypeople, and to form a conservative, anti-modernist intellectual elite.[5][6] Its members were instrumental in establishing the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro.[5]
It publishes the centenary journal A Ordem (pt) annually.
History
[edit]The Center was started by a group of young men led by Jackson de Figueiredo, who had been fostered by the encouragement of Cardinal Dom Sebastião Leme.[7] Among them were politicians and journalists eager to intervene in intellectual and public debate. The year of the Center's formation, 1922, coincided with major cultural and political developments in Brazil, like the holding of the Modern Art Week, the foundation of the Brazilian Communist Party and the Copacabana Fort revolt.[8] Taking a contrary stance toward what they perceived were threats to Tradition and Authority, the members sought to reunite the lay public and young intellectuals in hopes of forming an active Catholic militancy and a vigorous group of intellectuals capable of defending the Church's doctrine.
Notable members and associated people
[edit]- Jorge de Lima, poet
- Octavio de Faria, novelist
- Cornélio Penna, novelist and pioneer of psychological realism in Brazil
- Murilo Mendes, surrealist poet
- Ismael Nery, modernist painter
- Sobral Pinto, lawyer and human rights activist
- Gustavo Corção, writer and Catholic apologist
- Vinicius de Moraes, poet, singer and a key-figure in Bossa Nova music
- Oswaldo Aranha, UN diplomat
- José Pedro Galvão de Sousa, philosopher
- Maurílio Penido, philosopher
- Guerreiro Ramos, sociologist
References
[edit]- ^ "Centro Dom Vital: 100 anos de presença – Arquidiocese de São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-11-17.
- ^ "Do Centro D Vital a Universidade Catolica, Tania Salem". www.schwartzman.org.br. Retrieved 2025-11-17.
- ^ "O Centro Dom Vital e a renovação da Vida Litúrgica no Brasil - Diário do Rio de Janeiro" (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2025-01-07. Retrieved 2025-11-17.
- ^ Arduini, Guilherme Ramalho (2011-05-23). "Centro Dom Vital e o campo intelectual brasileiro (anos 1930)". Anais dos Simpósios da ABHR (in Portuguese). 12. ISSN 2237-4132.
- ^ a b "Do Centro D Vital a Universidade Catolica, Tania Salem". www.schwartzman.org.br. Retrieved 2025-11-18.
- ^ Filho, Pinheiro; Antonio, Fernando (2007). "A invenção da ordem: intelectuais católicos no Brasil". Tempo Social (in Portuguese). 19: 33–49. doi:10.1590/S0103-20702007000100003. ISSN 0103-2070.
- ^ "Centro Dom Vital celebra centenário de fundação – Arquidiocese de São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-11-22.
- ^ Junior, Nelson Tomelin; Alambert, Francisco; Silva, Marcos Antonio da (2022-11-04). "Modernismos e Modernidades: Brasil, 1922 (O outro era aqui)". Revista de História (in Portuguese) (181): 1–5. doi:10.11606/issn.2316-9141.rh.2022.203539. ISSN 2316-9141.