Mev Puleo
This book is a great resource, filled with inspiring stories about the great saints, prophets, and witnesses of our times. I highly recommend it. Many of the stories are about great people that were in solidarity with the poor.
One such person is Mev Puelo. “She discovered a great talent for photography. In trips to Brazil, El Salvador, Haiti, and elsewhere in the Third World, her photographs documented the life, struggles, and humanity of the poor. Her aim was to revere the human spirit and bridge the distance between persons.”
“She had wanted to give the poor a face, a voice. She always wanted to be identified with them…She became the poor she loved. She died on January 12, 1996 at the age of 32.”
I was really struck by this quote from her: “Jesus didn’t die to save us from suffering - he died to teach us how to suffer.”
