{"id":22131,"date":"2025-06-20T10:11:37","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T14:11:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/?p=22131"},"modified":"2025-06-23T09:10:56","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T13:10:56","slug":"student-spotlight-tennessee-immersion-trip-reflection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/2025\/06\/20\/student-spotlight-tennessee-immersion-trip-reflection\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Spotlight: Tennessee immersion trip reflection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-22132 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2025\/06\/IMG_0365.jpg?resize=232%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Two people smile for a photo indoors, one wearing a cross from ashes on her forehead.\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2025\/06\/IMG_0365.jpg?resize=232%2C300&amp;ssl=1 232w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2025\/06\/IMG_0365.jpg?resize=791%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 791w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2025\/06\/IMG_0365.jpg?resize=768%2C994&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2025\/06\/IMG_0365.jpg?resize=1187%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1187w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2025\/06\/IMG_0365.jpg?resize=425%2C550&amp;ssl=1 425w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2025\/06\/IMG_0365.jpg?w=1242&amp;ssl=1 1242w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/>Kamilla Kesto, &#8217;23, &#8217;25, wrote a powerful theological reflection on her recent spring break trip with University Ministry in Joppa Mountain, Tenn.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">&#8220;One of Glenmary\u2019s sayings is, &#8216;Peace came and stayed,&#8217; and as I prayed with this, I realized that peace comes when you meet people in their miseries, and it stays when you become a Simon of Cyrene\u2014helping them carry their crosses and carving calvary beside them,&#8221; she wrote. &#8220;We walked into this trip accompanying people in their sorrowful mysteries, and by the time sweat prayed and tears toiled, we walked out in the luminous ones. 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