.The. Rev Philip C. Cleary.
Image thanks to NPH Mu00e9xico.The Rev. Philip C. Cleary, resigned clergyman of the Archdiocese of Chicago and previous associate priest of Our Girl of Good Guidance Church on Hermitage Method in Chicago’s McKinley Park community, died Sunday, Nov.
3, 2024, at the age of 71, in Mexico. Cleary was born on Sept. 5, 1953, in Chicago.
He attended Quigley Preparatory Academy in Chicago, Niles College of Loyola Educational Institution as well as the Educational Institution of St. Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Academy in Mundelein. Cleary was commissioned to the priesthood on May 9, 1979, through Cardinal John Cody, and he celebrated his very first solemn Mass on May 13 of the exact same year at St.
Jerome Church in Chicago. He at that point functioned as associate pastor at St. Boniface Parish on Royalty Road in Chicago as well as Our Gal of Good Counsel Parish.From 1982 to 1984, Cleary functioned as head of state of the Organization of Chicago Priests as well as was actually elected to the National Federation of Priests’ Councils Executive Board in 1983.Nuestros Pequeu00f1os Hermanos.It was during the course of this time that Cleary learned about Rev.
William B. Wasson and also his goal at Nuestros Pequeu00f1os Hermanos (NPH), a non-profit organization that targets at enhancing the lifestyles of orphaned and abandoned kids in Latin The United States and also the Caribbean. Cleary’s initial strategy was actually to offer for one summer season at NPH’s primary home in Mexico but “he swiftly experienced phoned call to stay past his three-month term, plunging into what ended up being a long term commitment to the children of NPH,” the NPH site mentioned.
Cleary provided for several years as National Supervisor of NPH Mexico prior to ending up being corporate supervisor of NPH International. He resided at NPH’s principal house in Miacatlu00e1n, Morelos, Mexico, where he devoted his lifestyle to the association’s mission as well as the kids. He after that ended up being pastor for the Diocese of Cuernavaca in Mexico and also resigned in 2023.Life Along With Great Commitment.Bishop Ronald Hicks, head of the Diocese of Joliet and also one of Cleary’s closest buddies, remembers Cleary as an advisor, shining example and also close friend that “resided lifestyle along with wonderful devotion.” Just before entering into the University of St.
Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Academy, Hicks spent a year in Mexico volunteering for some of NPH’s homes in Mexico.” He (Cleary) not simply offered spiritual assistance but likewise a genuine commitment to the mission of strengthening the little ones’s lives,” Hicks said. Outright Passion and also Service.” Due to viewing his priesthood and also exactly how he resided it, he influenced me to get in the priesthood on my own.” Hicks carried on that “for many years, plenty of youngsters have profited from his passion and also devotion he complied with concepts of unconditional passion as well as service, making certain that the little ones brought up in the home were actually certainly not only recipients yet discovered just how to render.”.Rev. Gregory Sakowicz, remembered his buddy and schoolmate as a terrific clergyman along with a “missionary center who was actually effectively suched as and also valued through his classmates.” Sakowicz also recalled that “Philip never sought the limelight as well as consistently made an effort to bring others into the limelight.”.
Solutions on Nov 21.One more close friend as well as friend was actually Rev. Stanley Rataj. “He was just one of the most respected members of our training class and a real innovator,” Rataj pointed out.
He remembered Cleary’s passion permanently and also his charm mentioning “he was a fast friend to all and lived a really devoted and fantastic lifestyle.”.All funeral services are going to occur at St. Zachary Parish, 567 W. Algonquin Street in Des Plaines.
Visiting hrs will definitely be Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024, coming from 10 to 11 a.m. The funeral Mass will certainly comply with at 11 a.m.
and also is going to be actually commemorated by Bishop Hicks. A private interment will occur at All Saints Catholic Cemetery in Des Plaines.