.The. Rev Philip C. Cleary.
Photo thanks to NPH Mu00e9xico.The Rev. Philip C. Cleary, resigned priest of the Archdiocese of Chicago and also former associate minister of Our Woman of Good Counsel Church on Hermitage Method in Chicago’s McKinley Park community, died Sunday, Nov.
3, 2024, at the grow older of 71, in Mexico. Cleary was actually born on Sept. 5, 1953, in Chicago.
He participated in Quigley Preparatory Academy in Chicago, Niles University of Loyola Educational Institution and the University of St. Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Seminary in Mundelein. Cleary was actually commissioned to the priesthood on Might 9, 1979, through Cardinal John Cody, as well as he celebrated his initial solemn Mass on Might 13 of the exact same year at St.
Jerome Parish in Chicago. He then acted as associate pastor at St. Boniface Parish on Noble Road in Chicago and Our Lady of Great Guidance Parish.From 1982 to 1984, Cleary acted as head of state of the Organization of Chicago Priests as well as was selected to the National Alliance of Priests’ Councils Executive Panel in 1983.Nuestros Pequeu00f1os Hermanos.It was during the course of this time that Cleary learned about Rev.
William B. Wasson and his objective at Nuestros Pequeu00f1os Hermanos (NPH), a not-for-profit institution that aims at enhancing the lifestyles of orphaned and also abandoned children in Latin United States and the Caribbean. Cleary’s preliminary strategy was actually to offer services for one summer months at NPH’s major orphanage in Mexico but “he promptly experienced called to keep beyond his three-month condition, starting what came to be a lifelong commitment to the youngsters of NPH,” the NPH internet site said.
Cleary provided for years as National Director of NPH Mexico prior to coming to be executive supervisor of NPH International. He dwelled at NPH’s primary home in Miacatlu00e1n, Morelos, Mexico, where he devoted his life to the organization’s objective as well as the youngsters. He at that point ended up being chaplain for the Diocese of Cuernavaca in Mexico as well as resigned in 2023.Lifestyle With Great Devotion.Bishop Ronald Hicks, mind of the Diocese of Joliet and some of Cleary’s closest close friends, bears in mind Cleary as an advisor, good example as well as close friend that “lived lifestyle with excellent commitment.” Before going into the University of St.
Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Seminary, Hicks invested a year in Mexico volunteering for some of NPH’s orphanages in Mexico.” He (Cleary) certainly not merely given religious direction but also a genuine commitment to the mission of strengthening the little ones’s lifestyles,” Hicks claimed. Outright Passion and Company.” Due to seeing his priesthood as well as just how he stayed it, he influenced me to enter into the priesthood on my own.” Hicks carried on that “over the years, many kids have actually gained from his passion and also devotion he adhered to concepts of unconditional love and solution, being sure that the youngsters raised in the home were not simply recipients but discovered just how to repay.”.Rev. Gregory Sakowicz, remembered his good friend as well as schoolmate as an excellent clergyman with a “missionary center who was quite possibly just liked and also respected through his classmates.” Sakowicz likewise remembered that “Philip certainly never sought the spotlight as well as always tried to bring others into the spotlight.”.
Companies on Nov 21.Yet another close friend as well as friend was Rev. Stanley Rataj. “He was just one of the best revered members of our training class as well as a true leader,” Rataj mentioned.
He remembered Cleary’s passion permanently as well as his personal appeal saying “he was actually a fast friend to all as well as lived a very trustworthy and also fantastic life.”.All lasts rites will certainly happen 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 will adhere to at 11 a.m.
as well as will be actually celebrated through Bishop Hicks. A private interment will certainly happen at All Saints Catholic Cemetery in Des Plaines.