.The. Rev Philip C. Cleary.
Picture courtesy of NPH Mu00e9xico.The Rev. Philip C. Cleary, retired priest of the Archdiocese of Chicago and former associate priest of Our Woman of Great Guidance Parish on Hermitage Opportunity in Chicago’s McKinley Park neighborhood, died Sunday, Nov.
3, 2024, at the grow older of 71, in Mexico. Cleary was born upon Sept. 5, 1953, in Chicago.
He participated in 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 ordained to the priesthood on Might 9, 1979, through Cardinal John Cody, and he commemorated his first austere Mass on May 13 of the exact same year at St.
Jerome Parish in Chicago. He after that acted as associate priest at St. Boniface Parish on Noble Street in Chicago and Our Gal of Really Good Advise Parish.Coming from 1982 to 1984, Cleary functioned as president of the Affiliation of Chicago Priests as well as was actually elected to the National Federation of Priests’ Councils Exec Board in 1983.Nuestros Pequeu00f1os Hermanos.It was in the course of this time around that Cleary discovered Rev.
William B. Wasson as well as his purpose at Nuestros Pequeu00f1os Hermanos (NPH), a nonprofit institution that targets at strengthening the lifestyles of orphaned and also abandoned youngsters in Latin The United States as well as the Caribbean. Cleary’s initial planning was to offer services for one summertime at NPH’s major orphanage in Mexico yet “he rapidly experienced phoned call to keep beyond his three-month phrase, starting what came to be a long term dedication to the little ones of NPH,” the NPH website explained.
Cleary offered for several years as National Director of NPH Mexico just before coming to be executive supervisor of NPH International. He lived at NPH’s principal home in Miacatlu00e1n, Morelos, Mexico, where he devoted his life to the association’s goal and the kids. He then came to be chaplain for the Diocese of Cuernavaca in Mexico and resigned in 2023.Lifestyle With Great Devotion.Diocesan Ronald Hicks, head of the Diocese of Joliet as well as one of Cleary’s closest buddies, don’t forgets Cleary as a mentor, role model and good friend who “lived life along with fantastic devotion.” Before entering the College of St.
Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Academy, Hicks devoted a year in Mexico offering for among NPH’s homes in Mexico.” He (Cleary) not only offered religious assistance yet additionally a genuine devotion to the purpose of enhancing the kids’s lives,” Hicks claimed. Outright Affection and also Company.” As a result of enjoying his priesthood and also just how he stayed it, he inspired me to go into the priesthood myself.” Hicks proceeded that “throughout the years, numerous kids have actually benefitted from his passion and also dedication he adhered to principles of genuine passion and also solution, being sure that the little ones raised in the home were certainly not just recipients but discovered exactly how to repay.”.Rev. Gregory Sakowicz, remembered his good friend as well as schoolmate as a wonderful clergyman along with a “missionary soul who was actually very well ased if and recognized by his schoolmates.” Sakowicz likewise remembered that “Philip certainly never searched for the limelight and consistently made an effort to deliver others in to the limelight.”.
Companies on November 21.One more buddy and friend was actually Rev. Stanley Rataj. “He was just one of the most recognized members of our course as well as a true leader,” Rataj stated.
He recollected Cleary’s zest permanently and his personal appeal mentioning “he was actually a fast friend to all as well as resided a quite faithful as well as excellent life.”.All lasts rites are going to take place at St. Zachary Church, 567 W. Algonquin Road in Des Plaines.
Visitation hrs are going to be actually Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024, from 10 to 11 a.m. The funeral Mass is going to adhere to at 11 a.m.
and also will be actually celebrated through Diocesan Hicks. A personal interment will definitely happen whatsoever Saints Catholic Cemetery in Des Plaines.