The preferential option for the poor in Saint Dulce of the Poor

Throughout her life, Saint Dulce of the Poor (1914-1992) began, developed, and sustained an intense social apostolate of total dedication to the poor, leaving a legacy that constitutes one of the most outstanding social, philanthropic complexes in Brazil. The purpose of this article is to examine the preferential option for the poor in Santa Dulce. Through a qualitative and bibliographic study, the work presents the preferential option for the poor of Santa Dulce as a radical experience of love and service, of solidarity and fraternity towards the neediest; explains how the option of Saint Dulce illuminates and is stimulated by the preferential option for the poor of the Latin American Episcopate in the General Conferences of Medellin special Intscript Puebla specialIntscript Santo Domingo specialIntscript and Aparecida (2007; clarifies how the option of Sister Dulce is based on the love of the suffering Christ, present in the face of the poor, the other Christ; and, finally, proposes Santa Dulce as the good Samaritan woman from Bahia.