.The. Rev Philip C. Cleary.
Picture thanks to NPH Mu00e9xico.The Rev. Philip C. Cleary, resigned clergyman of the Archdiocese of Chicago as well as former associate minister of Our Woman of Really Good Advise Parish on Hermitage Opportunity in Chicago’s McKinley Park neighborhood, died Sunday, Nov.
3, 2024, at the grow older 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 also the College of St. Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Academy in Mundelein. Cleary was commissioned to the priesthood on Might 9, 1979, by Cardinal John Cody, and he commemorated his 1st austere Mass on Might 13 of the exact same year at St.
Jerome Parish in Chicago. He then worked as associate priest at St. Boniface Church on Royalty Road in Chicago and Our Female of Good Guidance Church.From 1982 to 1984, Cleary worked as president of the Organization of Chicago Priests as well as was actually elected to the National Federation of Priests’ Councils Executive Board in 1983.Nuestros Pequeu00f1os Hermanos.It was in the course of this time that Cleary learnt more about Rev.
William B. Wasson as well as his goal at Nuestros Pequeu00f1os Hermanos (NPH), a nonprofit organization that focuses on strengthening the lives of orphaned and also left little ones in Latin The United States and also the Caribbean. Cleary’s initial planning was actually to offer for one summertime at NPH’s primary home in Mexico yet “he quickly really felt contacted us to remain beyond his three-month phrase, starting what ended up being a long-lasting devotion to the youngsters of NPH,” the NPH web site specified.
Cleary offered for years as National Supervisor of NPH Mexico just before ending up being executive director of NPH International. He resided at NPH’s primary house in Miacatlu00e1n, Morelos, Mexico, where he dedicated his lifestyle to the company’s objective and the youngsters. He after that ended up being pastor for the Diocese of Cuernavaca in Mexico and also retired in 2023.Lifestyle Along With Great Devotion.Bishop Ronald Hicks, mind of the Diocese of Joliet and also one of Cleary’s closest pals, keeps in mind Cleary as a coach, role model as well as buddy who “resided life with excellent devotion.” Before going into the College of St.
Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Academy, Hicks spent a year in Mexico offering for some of NPH’s homes in Mexico.” He (Cleary) not simply supplied spiritual advice yet additionally an actual commitment to the purpose of enhancing the youngsters’s lifestyles,” Hicks pointed out. Unconditional Affection as well as Company.” As a result of enjoying his priesthood and also just how he stayed it, he encouraged me to get in the priesthood myself.” Hicks continued that “for many years, a great number of little ones have taken advantage of his passion and devotion he adhered to concepts of unconditional love as well as service, making certain that the little ones raised in the home were actually certainly not simply recipients yet discovered just how to give back.”.Rev. Gregory Sakowicz, remembered his buddy and also friend as a wonderful priest along with a “missionary heart that was well suched as as well as respected through his friends.” Sakowicz additionally recollected that “Philip never ever looked for the limelight and always tried to take others in to the limelight.”.
Companies on November 21.One more buddy as well as classmate was actually Rev. Stanley Rataj. “He was just one of the absolute most reputable members of our lesson and also a correct forerunner,” Rataj said.
He recalled Cleary’s zest permanently and his charm mentioning “he was actually a fast friend to all and also lived an incredibly faithful as well as wonderful life.”.All lasts rites are going to occur at St. Zachary Parish, 567 W. Algonquin Roadway in Des Plaines.
Visitation hrs will be actually Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024, from 10 to 11 a.m. The funeral Mass is going to observe at 11 a.m.
and will certainly be actually celebrated by Bishop Hicks. A private interment will definitely take place in any way Saints Catholic Burial Ground in Des Plaines.