Irmã Dulce Pontes

Dulce de Souza Lopes Pontes, SMIC, widely known as Irmã Dulce and also as Saint Dulce of the Poor, was a Brazilian Missionary Sister of the Immaculate Conception of the Mother of God. The Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Conception belong to the Third Order Regular of St. Francis. Dulce de Souza Lopes Pontes was the founder of the Obras Sociais Irmã Dulce and was known worldwide as an advocate for the poor of her country.