.The. Rev Philip C. Cleary.
Photo thanks to NPH Mu00e9xico.The Rev. Philip C. Cleary, retired clergyman of the Archdiocese of Chicago and previous associate pastor of Our Lady of Really Good Advise Parish on Hermitage Pathway in Chicago’s McKinley Playground neighborhood, 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 University of Loyola Educational Institution and the University of St. Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Academy in Mundelein. Cleary was actually blessed to the priesthood on May 9, 1979, by Cardinal John Cody, and also he celebrated his very first thoughtful Mass on May 13 of the very same year at St.
Jerome Church in Chicago. He at that point functioned as associate priest at St. Boniface Church on Royalty Road in Chicago as well as Our Woman of Great Guidance Church.Coming from 1982 to 1984, Cleary functioned as head of state of the Association of Chicago Priests and also was selected to the National Alliance of Priests’ Councils Exec Panel in 1983.Nuestros Pequeu00f1os Hermanos.It was actually throughout this moment that Cleary learnt more about Rev.
William B. Wasson as well as his goal at Nuestros Pequeu00f1os Hermanos (NPH), a not-for-profit company that focuses on enhancing the lifestyles of orphaned as well as abandoned kids in Latin The United States as well as the Caribbean. Cleary’s first planning was to volunteer for one summer season at NPH’s main home in Mexico however “he rapidly experienced phoned call to keep beyond his three-month term, plunging into what came to be a lifelong dedication to the youngsters of NPH,” the NPH web site specified.
Cleary provided for many years as National Supervisor of NPH Mexico just before ending up being executive supervisor of NPH International. He stayed at NPH’s principal house in Miacatlu00e1n, Morelos, Mexico, where he dedicated his life to the organization’s objective and also the kids. He at that point came to be chaplain for the Diocese of Cuernavaca in Mexico and resigned in 2023.Life With Great Commitment.Bishop Ronald Hicks, mind of the Diocese of Joliet and one of Cleary’s closest good friends, keeps in mind Cleary as a coach, good example as well as close friend that “lived life with wonderful commitment.” Just before getting 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 only delivered religious direction yet also a genuine commitment to the goal of improving the youngsters’s lives,” Hicks stated. Genuine Love and Solution.” Due to watching his priesthood and how he stayed it, he influenced me to get into the priesthood on my own.” Hicks continued that “for many years, plenty of kids have benefitted from his passion and commitment he complied with principles of outright love as well as solution, making sure that the youngsters brought up in the home were actually certainly not merely recipients but found out how to return.”.Rev. Gregory Sakowicz, remembered his buddy as well as classmate as a fantastic priest with a “missionary heart that was very well suched as and appreciated through his friends.” Sakowicz additionally recollected that “Philip never sought the limelight and regularly attempted to take others into the spotlight.”.
Services on Nov 21.An additional buddy as well as schoolmate was actually Rev. Stanley Rataj. “He was among the absolute most revered participants of our lesson and also a correct leader,” Rataj said.
He recollected Cleary’s enthusiasm forever as well as his personal appeal saying “he was actually a great friend to all and resided a really trustworthy and also wonderful lifestyle.”.All funeral services are going to occur at St. Zachary Church, 567 W. Algonquin Road in Des Plaines.
Visiting hours will definitely be Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024, coming from 10 to 11 a.m. The funeral Mass will definitely adhere to at 11 a.m.
and also will definitely be actually commemorated through Diocesan Hicks. An exclusive interment is going to occur at All Saints Catholic Burial Ground in Des Plaines.