.The. Rev Philip C. Cleary.
Picture courtesy of NPH Mu00e9xico.The Rev. Philip C. Cleary, retired clergyman of the Archdiocese of Chicago and former associate minister of Our Woman of Great Advise Parish on Hermitage Opportunity in Chicago’s McKinley Playground neighborhood, died Sunday, Nov.
3, 2024, at the grow older of 71, in Mexico. Cleary was born upon Sept. 5, 1953, in Chicago.
He attended Quigley Preparatory Academy in Chicago, Niles University of Loyola College and also the University of St. Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Academy in Mundelein. Cleary was blessed to the priesthood on May 9, 1979, by Cardinal John Cody, as well as he commemorated his very first austere Mass on Might thirteen of the exact same year at St.
Jerome Church in Chicago. He after that acted as associate pastor at St. Boniface Parish on Royalty Street in Chicago and Our Gal of Excellent Guidance Parish.Coming from 1982 to 1984, Cleary served as president of the Affiliation of Chicago Priests and also was selected to the National Alliance of Priests’ Councils Executive Panel in 1983.Nuestros Pequeu00f1os Hermanos.It was actually during the course of this time around that Cleary discovered Rev.
William B. Wasson and also his goal at Nuestros Pequeu00f1os Hermanos (NPH), a nonprofit association that targets at strengthening the lifestyles of orphaned and abandoned youngsters in Latin The United States as well as the Caribbean. Cleary’s initial program was to offer for one summer months at NPH’s principal home in Mexico yet “he promptly experienced phoned call to stay beyond his three-month term, starting what came to be a lifelong dedication to the kids of NPH,” the NPH internet site explained.
Cleary offered for years as National Director of NPH Mexico just before becoming corporate director of NPH International. He resided at NPH’s major house in Miacatlu00e1n, Morelos, Mexico, where he committed his life to the organization’s purpose and also the kids. He after that ended up being pastor for the Diocese of Cuernavaca in Mexico and also retired in 2023.Life Along With Great Devotion.Diocesan Ronald Hicks, head of the Diocese of Joliet and some of Cleary’s closest close friends, bears in mind Cleary as a coach, shining example and good friend who “resided lifestyle with terrific commitment.” Just before getting in the Educational institution of St.
Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Academy, Hicks devoted a year in Mexico offering services for some of NPH’s orphanages in Mexico.” He (Cleary) certainly not only supplied metaphysical support however also an actual devotion to the mission of improving the little ones’s lifestyles,” Hicks said. Outright Affection and Solution.” Due to watching his priesthood and just how he resided it, he encouraged me to enter into the priesthood on my own.” Hicks carried on that “throughout the years, numerous kids have actually gained from his affection and also commitment he complied with guidelines of unconditional love as well as service, ensuring that the kids brought up in the home were actually certainly not simply recipients but found out exactly how to render.”.Rev. Gregory Sakowicz, remembered his close friend as well as schoolmate as a terrific clergyman with a “missionary soul who was actually effectively liked and respected by his schoolmates.” Sakowicz likewise recollected that “Philip never sought the spotlight and regularly attempted to deliver others into the limelight.”.
Provider on Nov 21.Yet another close friend and also schoolmate was actually Rev. Stanley Rataj. “He was among one of the most highly regarded members of our course as well as an accurate leader,” Rataj stated.
He remembered Cleary’s passion permanently and also his personal appeal claiming “he was actually a fast friend to all as well as resided a really loyal as well as remarkable lifestyle.”.All funeral services will occur at St. Zachary Church, 567 W. Algonquin Street in Des Plaines.
Visitation hours will certainly be Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024, from 10 to 11 a.m. The funeral Mass will certainly adhere to at 11 a.m.
and also will certainly be celebrated through Bishop Hicks. A personal interment will develop whatsoever Saints Catholic Burial Site in Des Plaines.