.The. Rev Philip C. Cleary.
Photo courtesy of NPH Mu00e9xico.The Rev. Philip C. Cleary, retired clergyman of the Archdiocese of Chicago and also past associate minister of Our Girl of Great Advice Parish on Hermitage Pathway 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 attended Quigley Preparatory Seminary in Chicago, Niles University of Loyola College as well as the College of St. Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Academy in Mundelein. Cleary was actually ordained to the priesthood on May 9, 1979, by Cardinal John Cody, and also he celebrated his first solemn Mass on May thirteen of the very same year at St.
Jerome Parish in Chicago. He at that point acted as associate priest at St. Boniface Parish on Noble Road in Chicago and Our Gal of Good Advice Church.Coming from 1982 to 1984, Cleary served as head of state of the Affiliation of Chicago Priests and also was chosen to the National Federation of Priests’ Councils Exec Board in 1983.Nuestros Pequeu00f1os Hermanos.It was actually during this time that Cleary discovered Rev.
William B. Wasson and also his objective at Nuestros Pequeu00f1os Hermanos (NPH), a nonprofit institution that targets at strengthening the lives of orphaned and also left youngsters in Latin United States as well as the Caribbean. Cleary’s first plan was to offer services for one summertime at NPH’s primary home in Mexico however “he promptly felt called to keep beyond his three-month phrase, starting what became a lifelong devotion to the youngsters of NPH,” the NPH web site said.
Cleary offered for many years as National Director of NPH Mexico just before coming to be executive director of NPH International. He resided at NPH’s principal house in Miacatlu00e1n, Morelos, Mexico, where he devoted his lifestyle to the institution’s objective and also the youngsters. He then came to be chaplain for the Diocese of Cuernavaca in Mexico and resigned in 2023.Lifestyle With Great Devotion.Diocesan Ronald Hicks, head of the Diocese of Joliet as well as one of Cleary’s closest close friends, bears in mind Cleary as an advisor, shining example and pal who “resided lifestyle along with great devotion.” Just before entering the Educational institution of St.
Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Academy, Hicks spent a year in Mexico volunteering for some of NPH’s orphanages in Mexico.” He (Cleary) not only given religious direction but additionally an actual commitment to the mission of enhancing the kids’s lives,” Hicks said. Outright Love and also Solution.” Because of watching his priesthood and also just how he resided it, he encouraged me to get in the priesthood myself.” Hicks carried on that “throughout the years, many children have actually taken advantage of his love and dedication he complied with concepts of unconditional affection and also solution, making sure that the little ones increased in the home were certainly not merely receivers yet discovered just how to return.”.Rev. Gregory Sakowicz, remembered his close friend as well as friend as a great priest along with a “missionary soul who was actually extremely well just liked and respected through his friends.” Sakowicz additionally recalled that “Philip never searched for the limelight as well as regularly attempted to deliver others right into the limelight.”.
Solutions on Nov 21.Yet another close friend and friend was actually Rev. Stanley Rataj. “He was just one of one of the most reputable members of our class and also a correct forerunner,” Rataj pointed out.
He recollected Cleary’s enthusiasm permanently as well as his charisma saying “he was actually a fast friend to all and also resided a quite faithful as well as remarkable lifestyle.”.All funeral services will certainly occur at St. Zachary Church, 567 W. Algonquin Road in Des Plaines.
Visitation hours are going to be actually Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024, from 10 to 11 a.m. The funeral Mass is going to follow at 11 a.m.
and will definitely be actually celebrated by Bishop Hicks. A private interment is going to happen whatsoever Saints Catholic Burial Site in Des Plaines.