.The. Rev Philip C. Cleary.
Picture courtesy of NPH Mu00e9xico.The Rev. Philip C. Cleary, resigned priest of the Archdiocese of Chicago as well as former associate minister of Our Lady of Really Good Advise Church on Hermitage Avenue in Chicago’s McKinley Park community, died Sunday, Nov.
3, 2024, at the age of 71, in Mexico. Cleary was born upon Sept. 5, 1953, in Chicago.
He joined Quigley Preparatory Seminary 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 ordained to the priesthood on Might 9, 1979, through Cardinal John Cody, and he commemorated his very first austere Mass on Might thirteen of the exact same year at St.
Jerome Parish in Chicago. He after that acted as associate pastor at St. Boniface Parish on Noble Street in Chicago as well as Our Lady of Great Guidance Parish.From 1982 to 1984, Cleary acted as head of state of the Association of Chicago Priests and was elected to the National Federation of Priests’ Councils Exec Panel in 1983.Nuestros Pequeu00f1os Hermanos.It was throughout this time around that Cleary discovered Rev.
William B. Wasson and his goal at Nuestros Pequeu00f1os Hermanos (NPH), a non-profit institution that targets at improving the lives of orphaned and left kids in Latin The United States and the Caribbean. Cleary’s initial planning was to offer for one summer season at NPH’s main orphanage in Mexico however “he rapidly really felt called to stay beyond his three-month condition, embarking on what became a lifetime commitment to the little ones of NPH,” the NPH site mentioned.
Cleary offered for years as National Director of NPH Mexico prior to coming to be corporate supervisor of NPH International. He dwelled at NPH’s principal house in Miacatlu00e1n, Morelos, Mexico, where he dedicated his lifestyle to the company’s goal and the children. He at that point came to be pastor for the Diocese of Cuernavaca in Mexico and also resigned in 2023.Lifestyle With Great Dedication.Diocesan Ronald Hicks, head of the Diocese of Joliet and some of Cleary’s closest close friends, remembers Cleary as a coach, role model and also pal who “resided lifestyle along with fantastic dedication.” Before getting in the University of St.
Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Academy, Hicks invested a year in Mexico volunteering for among NPH’s homes in Mexico.” He (Cleary) certainly not merely supplied spiritual support but likewise a genuine dedication to the purpose of boosting the children’s lives,” Hicks pointed out. Genuine Passion and also Solution.” Due to enjoying his priesthood and how he lived it, he motivated me to enter the priesthood myself.” Hicks proceeded that “over times, plenty of kids have benefitted from his affection and also devotion he observed concepts of unconditional passion as well as company, being sure that the kids brought up in the home were certainly not merely receivers however discovered exactly how to render.”.Rev. Gregory Sakowicz, remembered his pal as well as friend as a fantastic priest along with a “missionary center that was effectively suched as as well as valued by his classmates.” Sakowicz also recalled that “Philip never ever sought the limelight and also regularly attempted to take others right into the limelight.”.
Solutions on Nov 21.One more friend and also classmate was actually Rev. Stanley Rataj. “He was one of one of the most recognized participants of our class and a correct leader,” Rataj claimed.
He remembered Cleary’s enthusiasm for life as well as his charm claiming “he was a great friend to all as well as resided a very loyal as well as fantastic lifestyle.”.All funeral services will certainly occur at St. Zachary Church, 567 W. Algonquin Roadway in Des Plaines.
Visitation hrs will certainly be Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024, from 10 to 11 a.m. The funeral Mass will adhere to at 11 a.m.
and is going to be actually celebrated by Diocesan Hicks. A private interment is going to take place in any way Saints Catholic Burial Site in Des Plaines.