.The. Rev Philip C. Cleary.
Picture thanks to NPH Mu00e9xico.The Rev. Philip C. Cleary, resigned clergyman of the Archdiocese of Chicago and former associate minister of Our Woman of Great Counsel Church on Hermitage Avenue in Chicago’s McKinley Playground community, 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 College of Loyola University and also the Educational Institution of St. Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Seminary in Mundelein. Cleary was actually ordained to the priesthood on May 9, 1979, through Cardinal John Cody, and also he commemorated his very first austere Mass on May thirteen of the exact same year at St.
Jerome Church in Chicago. He after that worked as associate priest at St. Boniface Parish on Noble Street in Chicago as well as Our Gal of Really Good Advice Parish.From 1982 to 1984, Cleary acted as head of state of the Organization of Chicago Priests as well as was chosen to the National Alliance of Priests’ Councils Manager Panel in 1983.Nuestros Pequeu00f1os Hermanos.It was during this moment that Cleary found out about Rev.
William B. Wasson and his mission at Nuestros Pequeu00f1os Hermanos (NPH), a not-for-profit institution that targets at improving the lives of orphaned and also abandoned youngsters in Latin United States and also the Caribbean. Cleary’s first planning was actually to offer services for one summer season at NPH’s main home in Mexico yet “he promptly experienced phoned call to keep past his three-month condition, starting what came to be a long-lasting commitment to the children of NPH,” the NPH website mentioned.
Cleary offered for years as National Supervisor of NPH Mexico just before coming to be executive director of NPH International. He stayed at NPH’s principal home in Miacatlu00e1n, Morelos, Mexico, where he committed his life to the association’s mission and the little ones. He after that ended up being pastor for the Diocese of Cuernavaca in Mexico and also resigned in 2023.Life With Great Dedication.Bishop Ronald Hicks, mind of the Diocese of Joliet and one of Cleary’s closest buddies, remembers Cleary as an advisor, role model and friend who “resided lifestyle along with terrific commitment.” Prior to entering into the College 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 just supplied spiritual guidance yet likewise a real dedication to the objective of enhancing the youngsters’s lifestyles,” Hicks mentioned. Unconditional Passion and Solution.” As a result of viewing his priesthood and also how he lived it, he motivated me to enter into the priesthood on my own.” Hicks continued that “over times, many little ones have profited from his affection as well as devotion he adhered to principles of unconditional affection and solution, seeing to it that the kids raised in the home were actually not just recipients but knew exactly how to render.”.Rev. Gregory Sakowicz, remembered his close friend and classmate as an excellent priest along with a “missionary heart that was very well suched as and recognized by his schoolmates.” Sakowicz also remembered that “Philip never looked for the spotlight as well as consistently attempted to take others right into the limelight.”.
Solutions on November 21.One more friend as well as schoolmate was actually Rev. Stanley Rataj. “He was one of the absolute most revered participants of our class and a real forerunner,” Rataj claimed.
He recalled Cleary’s enthusiasm for life and also his personal appeal claiming “he was actually a fast friend to all as well as resided a really loyal and wonderful life.”.All funeral services will take place at St. Zachary Church, 567 W. Algonquin Street in Des Plaines.
Visitation hrs will definitely be actually Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024, from 10 to 11 a.m. The funeral Mass will definitely follow at 11 a.m.
and also will be commemorated by Diocesan Hicks. An exclusive interment is going to happen whatsoever Saints Catholic Cemetery in Des Plaines.