.The. Rev Philip C. Cleary.
Image courtesy of NPH Mu00e9xico.The Rev. Philip C. Cleary, resigned priest of the Archdiocese of Chicago and previous associate minister of Our Female of Really Good Guidance Parish on Hermitage Avenue in Chicago’s McKinley Playground community, passed away Sunday, Nov.
3, 2024, at the grow older of 71, in Mexico. Cleary was actually born on Sept. 5, 1953, in Chicago.
He went to Quigley Preparatory Seminary in Chicago, Niles College of Loyola Educational Institution and also the College of St. Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Seminary in Mundelein. Cleary was ordained to the priesthood on Might 9, 1979, by Cardinal John Cody, and also he celebrated his very first solemn Mass on May 13 of the very same year at St.
Jerome Parish in Chicago. He at that point acted as associate priest at St. Boniface Church on Royalty Street in Chicago and Our Gal of Really Good Counsel Parish.From 1982 to 1984, Cleary served as president of the Association of Chicago Priests and also was actually selected to the National Alliance of Priests’ Councils Exec Board in 1983.Nuestros Pequeu00f1os Hermanos.It was actually in the course of this time that Cleary discovered Rev.
William B. Wasson and his goal at Nuestros Pequeu00f1os Hermanos (NPH), a non-profit association that focuses on enhancing the lives of orphaned and also abandoned youngsters in Latin United States as well as the Caribbean. Cleary’s first strategy was to volunteer for one summertime at NPH’s primary orphanage in Mexico yet “he rapidly experienced contacted us to stay beyond his three-month phrase, plunging into what became a lifelong devotion to the children of NPH,” the NPH website specified.
Cleary provided for many years as National Director of NPH Mexico before becoming corporate director of NPH International. He stayed at NPH’s principal home in Miacatlu00e1n, Morelos, Mexico, where he dedicated his lifestyle to the organization’s objective and the children. He at that point ended up being pastor for the Diocese of Cuernavaca in Mexico and resigned in 2023.Life With Great Devotion.Bishop Ronald Hicks, mind of the Diocese of Joliet and also among Cleary’s closest pals, bears in mind Cleary as a mentor, role model as well as good friend that “resided life along with great dedication.” Prior to getting into the University of St.
Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Academy, Hicks spent a year in Mexico volunteering for one of NPH’s homes in Mexico.” He (Cleary) not merely delivered spiritual direction however also an actual devotion to the objective of strengthening the little ones’s lifestyles,” Hicks mentioned. Outright Love and also Solution.” Because of watching his priesthood as well as how he resided it, he inspired me to enter the priesthood on my own.” Hicks proceeded that “for many years, a great number of little ones have profited from his passion and also devotion he complied with principles of unconditional love as well as service, seeing to it that the little ones reared in the home were certainly not merely receivers yet found out just how to give back.”.Rev. Gregory Sakowicz, remembered his good friend and also friend as a wonderful priest along with a “missionary soul that was actually extremely well suched as as well as valued through his classmates.” Sakowicz additionally remembered that “Philip never tried to find the spotlight and always attempted to deliver others in to the spotlight.”.
Solutions on Nov 21.An additional friend as well as friend was actually Rev. Stanley Rataj. “He was just one of the best highly regarded participants of our training class and also a correct leader,” Rataj pointed out.
He remembered Cleary’s passion for life and his charisma claiming “he was a fast friend to all and also lived a quite trustworthy and also terrific life.”.All funeral services will definitely happen at St. Zachary Church, 567 W. Algonquin Roadway in Des Plaines.
Visiting hours will definitely be Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024, from 10 to 11 a.m. The funeral Mass will certainly comply with at 11 a.m.
as well as is going to be celebrated through Bishop Hicks. An exclusive interment will certainly take place whatsoever Saints Catholic Burial Ground in Des Plaines.