.The. Rev Philip C. Cleary.
Photograph thanks to NPH Mu00e9xico.The Rev. Philip C. Cleary, resigned clergyman of the Archdiocese of Chicago and also former associate priest of Our Female of Good Guidance Parish on Hermitage Method in Chicago’s McKinley Playground community, passed away Sunday, Nov.
3, 2024, at the grow older of 71, in Mexico. Cleary was born on Sept. 5, 1953, in Chicago.
He joined Quigley Preparatory Academy in Chicago, Niles College of Loyola Educational Institution and the College of St. Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Academy in Mundelein. Cleary was actually blessed to the priesthood on Might 9, 1979, through Cardinal John Cody, and also he commemorated his first austere Mass on May 13 of the same year at St.
Jerome Parish in Chicago. He at that point served as associate pastor at St. Boniface Church on Noble Street in Chicago as well as Our Gal of Good Counsel Church.From 1982 to 1984, Cleary worked as head of state of the Affiliation of Chicago Priests as well as was selected to the National Alliance of Priests’ Councils Executive Panel in 1983.Nuestros Pequeu00f1os Hermanos.It was actually in the course of this time that Cleary found out about Rev.
William B. Wasson as well as his mission at Nuestros Pequeu00f1os Hermanos (NPH), a nonprofit institution that intends for enhancing the lifestyles of orphaned and also abandoned kids in Latin United States as well as the Caribbean. Cleary’s initial planning was to offer for one summertime at NPH’s primary home in Mexico yet “he rapidly felt called to keep past his three-month term, embarking on what ended up being a lifetime commitment to the youngsters of NPH,” the NPH site explained.
Cleary served for many years as National Director of NPH Mexico before coming to be executive supervisor of NPH International. He stayed at NPH’s primary home in Miacatlu00e1n, Morelos, Mexico, where he committed his lifestyle to the association’s objective and also the kids. He after that became chaplain for the Diocese of Cuernavaca in Mexico and also retired in 2023.Lifestyle With Great Devotion.Diocesan Ronald Hicks, mind of the Diocese of Joliet and some of Cleary’s closest friends, don’t forgets Cleary as an advisor, good example and pal that “lived lifestyle along with great devotion.” Just before getting into the College of St.
Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Academy, Hicks devoted a year in Mexico volunteering for among NPH’s orphanages in Mexico.” He (Cleary) not merely delivered religious assistance however also a real commitment to the purpose of strengthening the youngsters’s lifestyles,” Hicks stated. Unconditional Love and also Service.” Because of seeing his priesthood as well as how he lived it, he influenced me to enter into the priesthood on my own.” Hicks carried on that “over the years, a great number of kids have actually gained from his love as well as dedication he observed concepts of unconditional affection as well as company, ensuring that the youngsters increased in the home were actually not only recipients however learned exactly how to repay.”.Rev. Gregory Sakowicz, remembered his good friend and schoolmate as an excellent priest with a “missionary center who was well just liked and also recognized by his classmates.” Sakowicz additionally remembered that “Philip certainly never tried to find the limelight and also consistently made an effort to bring others into the spotlight.”.
Solutions on November 21.One more friend as well as schoolmate was actually Rev. Stanley Rataj. “He was just one of the absolute most revered participants of our lesson as well as an accurate leader,” Rataj mentioned.
He remembered Cleary’s enthusiasm permanently as well as his charisma stating “he was actually a great friend to all and lived an extremely trustworthy as well as splendid life.”.All funeral services will certainly occur at St. Zachary Church, 567 W. Algonquin Road in Des Plaines.
Visitation hrs will be Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024, from 10 to 11 a.m. The funeral Mass is going to follow at 11 a.m.
as well as is going to be actually celebrated by Diocesan Hicks. An exclusive interment will definitely take place in all Saints Catholic Burial Ground in Des Plaines.