.The. Rev Philip C. Cleary.
Picture courtesy of NPH Mu00e9xico.The Rev. Philip C. Cleary, resigned clergyman of the Archdiocese of Chicago and also past associate minister of Our Woman of Great Guidance Parish on Hermitage Avenue in Chicago’s McKinley Park community, passed away Sunday, Nov.
3, 2024, at the age of 71, in Mexico. Cleary was born on Sept. 5, 1953, in Chicago.
He participated in Quigley Preparatory Academy in Chicago, Niles College of Loyola College as well as the University of St. Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Academy in Mundelein. Cleary was actually blessed to the priesthood on Might 9, 1979, by Cardinal John Cody, and he commemorated his 1st austere Mass on Might thirteen of the same year at St.
Jerome Church in Chicago. He at that point acted as associate pastor at St. Boniface Church on Noble Road in Chicago and Our Girl of Really Good Counsel Parish.From 1982 to 1984, Cleary served as president of the Association of Chicago Priests and also was actually elected to the National Alliance of Priests’ Councils Exec Board in 1983.Nuestros Pequeu00f1os Hermanos.It was actually during the course of this time that Cleary learnt more about Rev.
William B. Wasson as well as his goal at Nuestros Pequeu00f1os Hermanos (NPH), a nonprofit company that targets at boosting the lives of orphaned and abandoned kids in Latin America and also the Caribbean. Cleary’s preliminary planning was to offer services for one summertime at NPH’s primary orphanage in Mexico but “he quickly felt phoned call to remain past his three-month condition, embarking on what came to be a lifelong commitment to the little ones of NPH,” the NPH web site stated.
Cleary provided for several years as National Supervisor of NPH Mexico just before coming to be executive director of NPH International. He stayed at NPH’s principal home in Miacatlu00e1n, Morelos, Mexico, where he devoted his lifestyle to the company’s purpose and also the kids. He after that ended up being chaplain for the Diocese of Cuernavaca in Mexico as well as resigned in 2023.Life With Great Devotion.Bishop Ronald Hicks, head of the Diocese of Joliet and one of Cleary’s closest close friends, bears in mind Cleary as an advisor, role model and good friend that “lived life along with fantastic commitment.” Prior to entering the Educational institution of St.
Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Seminary, Hicks devoted a year in Mexico offering for one of NPH’s homes in Mexico.” He (Cleary) not just supplied religious assistance yet also a true devotion to the purpose of improving the kids’s lifestyles,” Hicks pointed out. Genuine Love as well as Service.” Because of enjoying his priesthood and exactly how he stayed it, he inspired me to get into the priesthood myself.” Hicks proceeded that “over the years, numerous youngsters have actually gained from his affection and devotion he complied with guidelines of outright passion and service, ensuring that the little ones reared in the home were actually certainly not just recipients however found out exactly how to return.”.Rev. Gregory Sakowicz, remembered his close friend and schoolmate as a fantastic priest with a “missionary center that was actually effectively suched as and also respected by his classmates.” Sakowicz likewise recollected that “Philip certainly never looked for the limelight and consistently made an effort to carry others into the limelight.”.
Solutions on November 21.Yet another buddy as well as schoolmate was actually Rev. Stanley Rataj. “He was just one of one of the most reputable participants of our class and also a true leader,” Rataj mentioned.
He recollected Cleary’s passion permanently as well as his personal appeal saying “he was a fast friend to all and lived a very trustworthy and also excellent life.”.All lasts rites are going to occur at St. Zachary Church, 567 W. Algonquin Road in Des Plaines.
Visiting hrs are going to be actually Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024, coming from 10 to 11 a.m. The funeral Mass is going to comply with at 11 a.m.
as well as will certainly be actually commemorated through Diocesan Hicks. A private interment will definitely occur whatsoever Saints Catholic Burial Ground in Des Plaines.