diff --git a/.eleventy.js b/.eleventy.js
index 902c7d022841bd8a1fbed6be366d74dd71d4318c..c4bb9de578a8a07f4738a040038800e4d4cba30a 100644
--- a/.eleventy.js
+++ b/.eleventy.js
@@ -51,6 +51,10 @@ module.exports = function(eleventyConfig) {
       `<div class="take-away">${content}</div>`
   );
 
+  eleventyConfig.addPairedShortcode('centertext', content => 
+    `<div class="centered-text">${content}</div>`
+  );
+
 //   eleventyConfig.addShortcode('isDefined', function ())
 
   // Get the first `n` elements of a collection.