.The. Rev Philip C. Cleary.
Image thanks to NPH Mu00e9xico.The Rev. Philip C. Cleary, resigned clergyman of the Archdiocese of Chicago and also former associate pastor of Our Woman of Good Guidance Church on Hermitage Opportunity in Chicago’s McKinley Park neighborhood, passed away Sunday, Nov.
3, 2024, at the age of 71, in Mexico. Cleary was born on Sept. 5, 1953, in Chicago.
He went to Quigley Preparatory Seminary in Chicago, Niles University of Loyola University and the Educational Institution of St. Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Seminary in Mundelein. Cleary was ordained to the priesthood on Might 9, 1979, through Cardinal John Cody, as well as he commemorated his 1st austere Mass on Might 13 of the exact same year at St.
Jerome Parish in Chicago. He after that functioned as associate priest at St. Boniface Church on Noble Road in Chicago and also Our Female of Great Counsel Church.From 1982 to 1984, Cleary served as president of the Association 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 throughout this moment that Cleary learnt more about Rev.
William B. Wasson and his objective at Nuestros Pequeu00f1os Hermanos (NPH), a not-for-profit institution that focuses on enhancing the lifestyles of orphaned and left children in Latin The United States and also the Caribbean. Cleary’s preliminary strategy was to volunteer for one summer months at NPH’s major home in Mexico but “he rapidly felt phoned call to stay past his three-month term, starting what came to be a long term dedication to the kids of NPH,” the NPH web site specified.
Cleary offered for years as National Supervisor of NPH Mexico just before ending up being corporate supervisor of NPH International. He lived at NPH’s principal home in Miacatlu00e1n, Morelos, Mexico, where he devoted his life to the association’s mission as well as the youngsters. He at that point became chaplain for the Diocese of Cuernavaca in Mexico as well as retired in 2023.Life Along With Great Dedication.Bishop Ronald Hicks, mind of the Diocese of Joliet and among Cleary’s closest close friends, remembers Cleary as an advisor, good example and also friend that “lived life along with great devotion.” Just before going 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) certainly not merely delivered spiritual direction yet additionally an actual devotion to the objective of enhancing the youngsters’s lives,” Hicks pointed out. Genuine Passion and also Company.” Due to viewing his priesthood and also how he lived it, he motivated me to get into the priesthood myself.” Hicks continued that “for many years, a great number of youngsters have actually gained from his passion and dedication he adhered to guidelines of genuine passion as well as service, making sure that the children brought up in the home were not just receivers yet discovered just how to give back.”.Rev. Gregory Sakowicz, remembered his good friend and friend as a fantastic priest with a “missionary soul that was quite possibly suched as and also appreciated by his friends.” Sakowicz additionally recollected that “Philip never ever searched for the limelight and constantly made an effort to deliver others right into the limelight.”.
Services on November 21.One more close friend and also classmate was actually Rev. Stanley Rataj. “He was among the best renowned members of our class and a correct innovator,” Rataj claimed.
He recalled Cleary’s zest for life and also his charm mentioning “he was a great friend to all as well as lived an incredibly devoted and also excellent life.”.All lasts rites will certainly occur at St. Zachary Church, 567 W. Algonquin Road in Des Plaines.
Visiting hrs are going to be actually Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024, from 10 to 11 a.m. The funeral Mass is going to comply with at 11 a.m.
as well as will certainly be actually celebrated by Bishop Hicks. A personal interment will take place in all Saints Catholic Burial Ground in Des Plaines.