Dorotea de Chopitea

[6] In 1928, her remains were transferred from the cemetery of the Poblenou neighborhood to The Shrine of Mary, Help of Christians in Sarrià, founded by her.

[2] In 1835, after the protests and the burning of convents, Chopitea was determined to support the marginalized social strata and spend money for education of the working class youth.

[7] She founded hospitals, residences, schools and asylum rooms, where working mothers could leave their children, and workshops to teach craft to young people.

Additionally, she along with Presbitero Blas Cañas and the philanthropist Manuel Arriarán, made possible the foundation of the Salesian schools "Patrocinio de San Jose" and "Maria Auxiliadora" in Santiago and the so-called "Salesian Educational Center" in Talca, Chile.

[3] Chopitea was the patroness of the order The Religious of the Sacred Heart, often called, the Madames of the Sacred Heart, that founded an advanced academy with social prestige for daughters of the elite to teach behavior and expectations appropriate to the upper class.

The order has served the daughters of wealthy Catholic families in Europe, Latin America and the United States.

[1] The same year she met John Bosco, the founder of Salesian order, and became its benefactor financing the temple of Tibidado dedicated to the Sacred Heart.

Marble tomb of Dorotea Chopitea in The Shrine of Mary, Help of Christians