.The. Rev Philip C. Cleary.
Photo courtesy of NPH Mu00e9xico.The Rev. Philip C. Cleary, retired clergyman of the Archdiocese of Chicago and also past associate pastor of Our Woman of Really Good Guidance Parish on Hermitage Method in Chicago’s McKinley Playground area, died Sunday, Nov.
3, 2024, at the age of 71, in Mexico. Cleary was born upon Sept. 5, 1953, in Chicago.
He participated in Quigley Preparatory Seminary in Chicago, Niles University of Loyola Educational Institution as well as the University of St. Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Academy in Mundelein. Cleary was blessed to the priesthood on May 9, 1979, by Cardinal John Cody, and also he commemorated his first solemn Mass on Might 13 of the same year at St.
Jerome Church in Chicago. He then functioned as associate priest at St. Boniface Parish on Royalty Street in Chicago as well as Our Girl of Really Good Guidance Parish.From 1982 to 1984, Cleary acted as head of state of the Affiliation of Chicago Priests and was actually chosen to the National Alliance of Priests’ Councils Manager Panel in 1983.Nuestros Pequeu00f1os Hermanos.It was actually throughout this moment that Cleary discovered Rev.
William B. Wasson as well as his purpose at Nuestros Pequeu00f1os Hermanos (NPH), a nonprofit organization that aims at boosting the lifestyles of orphaned as well as left little ones in Latin United States and also the Caribbean. Cleary’s first program was to offer services for one summertime at NPH’s primary orphanage in Mexico but “he swiftly felt phoned call to keep past his three-month condition, plunging into what became a lifelong dedication to the children of NPH,” the NPH internet site specified.
Cleary offered for years as National Director of NPH Mexico just before becoming executive supervisor of NPH International. He lived at NPH’s major house in Miacatlu00e1n, Morelos, Mexico, where he devoted his lifestyle to the organization’s purpose as well as the children. He at that point became chaplain for the Diocese of Cuernavaca in Mexico as well as resigned in 2023.Lifestyle With Great Devotion.Bishop Ronald Hicks, head of the Diocese of Joliet and also among Cleary’s closest buddies, always remembers Cleary as an advisor, good example and also friend who “lived lifestyle along with great devotion.” Just before going into the Educational institution of St.
Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Academy, Hicks spent a year in Mexico offering services for among NPH’s homes in Mexico.” He (Cleary) not simply offered spiritual advice but likewise an actual commitment to the mission of enhancing the youngsters’s lives,” Hicks pointed out. Outright Passion and also Solution.” As a result of enjoying his priesthood as well as just how he lived it, he encouraged me to get into the priesthood myself.” Hicks proceeded that “over the years, many little ones have actually taken advantage of his passion and also devotion he complied with concepts of genuine passion as well as solution, ensuring that the kids increased in the home were actually not only receivers but knew just how to give back.”.Rev. Gregory Sakowicz, remembered his good friend as well as friend as a wonderful priest with a “missionary heart who was very well ased if as well as appreciated through his friends.” Sakowicz likewise recollected that “Philip never sought the limelight and also regularly made an effort to bring others into the spotlight.”.
Provider on November 21.An additional buddy as well as schoolmate was actually Rev. Stanley Rataj. “He was one of one of the most recognized participants of our lesson and also a true leader,” Rataj pointed out.
He recalled Cleary’s zest for life as well as his personal appeal saying “he was actually a great friend to all as well as resided an incredibly loyal and remarkable life.”.All lasts rites will certainly happen at St. Zachary Parish, 567 W. Algonquin Roadway in Des Plaines.
Visitation hours will be Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024, coming from 10 to 11 a.m. The funeral Mass is going to follow at 11 a.m.
and also will definitely be actually commemorated by Diocesan Hicks. A personal interment will definitely happen in any way Saints Catholic Burial Ground in Des Plaines.