Janet Rhodes examines the inscription on a clock commemorating her twenty-five years of service with the Society of the Sacred Heart. Janet Rhodes reads one of many congratulatory cards and letters received from members of the U.S. Province as Sister Shirley Miller, director of  mission advancement, looks on.

Janet Rhodes, bookkeeper for the Society of the Sacred Heart, U.S. Province, marked 25 years in the post on November 3 with a celebration at the Society’s U.S. Province headquarters in St. Louis. The U.S. provincial team and province staff members in St. Louis attended a luncheon in Rhodes’ honor at the provincial house on her anniversary.

RSCJ throughout the United States sent her cards, letters, e-mails and gifts. She received a clock from the U.S. provincial team inscribed with a message of gratitude for her years of service.

In a prayer of thanksgiving, Kathleen Conan, RSCJ, U.S. provincial, read a prayer that included these words: “On behalf of the countless RSCJ who know only Janet’s voice, but have benefited from her kindness, let us give thanks for the untold gifts of her mind and heart.”

Rhodes began working for the former St. Louis Province of the Society of the Sacred Heart on November 3, 1980, and became a staff member of the U.S. Province when it was formed in 1982, combining five regional provinces in the United States..

Before working for the Society, Rhodes worked for Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company for more than sixteen years.

“It has been a wonderful experience working for the Society,” Rhodes said, “and I will always cherish my friendships with the RSCJ. I thank them for the memories.”