.The. Rev Philip C. Cleary.
Image courtesy of NPH Mu00e9xico.The Rev. Philip C. Cleary, retired clergyman of the Archdiocese of Chicago as well as previous associate minister of Our Girl of Really Good Advice Church on Hermitage Pathway in Chicago’s McKinley Park neighborhood, died Sunday, Nov.
3, 2024, at the age of 71, in Mexico. Cleary was born upon Sept. 5, 1953, in Chicago.
He participated in Quigley Preparatory Academy in Chicago, Niles University of Loyola College and also the College of St. Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Seminary in Mundelein. Cleary was commissioned to the priesthood on May 9, 1979, through Cardinal John Cody, and also he commemorated his first austere Mass on May 13 of the exact same year at St.
Jerome Church in Chicago. He after that served as associate priest at St. Boniface Parish on Royalty Street in Chicago and Our Girl of Good Guidance Church.From 1982 to 1984, Cleary worked as head of state of the Affiliation of Chicago Priests and also was chosen to the National Alliance of Priests’ Councils Executive Panel in 1983.Nuestros Pequeu00f1os Hermanos.It was actually throughout this time around that Cleary learned about Rev.
William B. Wasson as well as his goal at Nuestros Pequeu00f1os Hermanos (NPH), a not-for-profit company that targets at enhancing the lives of orphaned and also abandoned kids in Latin The United States and also the Caribbean. Cleary’s initial strategy was to volunteer for one summer season at NPH’s principal orphanage in Mexico yet “he promptly felt called to remain past his three-month condition, plunging into what became a long term devotion to the youngsters of NPH,” the NPH site said.
Cleary provided for many years as National Director of NPH Mexico prior to coming to be executive supervisor of NPH International. He dwelled at NPH’s main home in Miacatlu00e1n, Morelos, Mexico, where he committed his life to the association’s goal as well as the youngsters. He at that point came to be chaplain for the Diocese of Cuernavaca in Mexico and also retired in 2023.Lifestyle With Great Dedication.Diocesan Ronald Hicks, head of the Diocese of Joliet and among Cleary’s closest friends, don’t forgets Cleary as an advisor, good example and also good friend who “lived life with fantastic dedication.” Before getting in the College of St.
Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Academy, Hicks spent a year in Mexico offering for some of NPH’s orphanages in Mexico.” He (Cleary) certainly not just given metaphysical guidance however also an actual commitment to the purpose of boosting the youngsters’s lifestyles,” Hicks said. Genuine Love and also Service.” As a result of seeing his priesthood and how he stayed it, he inspired me to enter the priesthood on my own.” Hicks continued that “for many years, countless kids have actually profited from his affection and also commitment he complied with guidelines of outright love and service, making sure that the kids brought up in the home were actually not merely receivers however learned exactly how to render.”.Rev. Gregory Sakowicz, remembered his friend and also schoolmate as a terrific priest with a “missionary center that was actually effectively suched as and also recognized by his schoolmates.” Sakowicz additionally recollected that “Philip certainly never looked for the spotlight as well as consistently attempted to take others right into the spotlight.”.
Services on November 21.Yet another close friend as well as schoolmate was Rev. Stanley Rataj. “He was just one of the absolute most revered participants of our course and also an accurate forerunner,” Rataj said.
He recollected Cleary’s passion forever and his charisma pointing out “he was a fast friend to all and also lived a quite loyal and also fantastic life.”.All lasts rites are going to happen at St. Zachary Parish, 567 W. Algonquin Street in Des Plaines.
Visiting hours will definitely be Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024, from 10 to 11 a.m. The funeral Mass will definitely adhere to at 11 a.m.
as well as is going to be commemorated through Diocesan Hicks. A private interment will certainly take place in all Saints Catholic Cemetery in Des Plaines.