.The. Rev Philip C. Cleary.
Photo courtesy of NPH Mu00e9xico.The Rev. Philip C. Cleary, resigned priest of the Archdiocese of Chicago and past associate priest of Our Female of Good Advice Church on Hermitage Method in Chicago’s McKinley Playground neighborhood, died Sunday, Nov.
3, 2024, at the grow older of 71, in Mexico. Cleary was actually born upon Sept. 5, 1953, in Chicago.
He joined Quigley Preparatory Seminary in Chicago, Niles College of Loyola Educational Institution and the University 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 also he commemorated his initial austere Mass on Might thirteen of the same year at St.
Jerome Church in Chicago. He then functioned as associate minister at St. Boniface Parish on Noble Road in Chicago and also Our Woman of Good Counsel Church.Coming from 1982 to 1984, Cleary acted as head of state of the Association of Chicago Priests and was selected to the National Federation of Priests’ Councils Executive Board in 1983.Nuestros Pequeu00f1os Hermanos.It was during the course of this moment that Cleary discovered Rev.
William B. Wasson and also his mission at Nuestros Pequeu00f1os Hermanos (NPH), a non-profit institution that focuses on boosting the lives of orphaned and left children in Latin United States and also the Caribbean. Cleary’s first program was actually to volunteer for one summer season at NPH’s main home in Mexico yet “he rapidly felt contacted us to stay beyond his three-month term, plunging into what became a long term devotion to the youngsters of NPH,” the NPH website explained.
Cleary served for many years as National Director of NPH Mexico just before becoming executive director of NPH International. He resided at NPH’s primary house in Miacatlu00e1n, Morelos, Mexico, where he devoted his life to the organization’s purpose and also the kids. He at that point ended up being chaplain for the Diocese of Cuernavaca in Mexico and also resigned in 2023.Lifestyle With Great Commitment.Bishop Ronald Hicks, head of the Diocese of Joliet and among Cleary’s closest friends, remembers Cleary as a coach, good example as well as good friend who “lived lifestyle along with fantastic commitment.” Before going into the Educational institution of St.
Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Seminary, Hicks devoted a year in Mexico offering services for some of NPH’s homes in Mexico.” He (Cleary) certainly not just given spiritual assistance but likewise a real commitment to the goal of improving the kids’s lifestyles,” Hicks claimed. Outright Love and Company.” Because of watching his priesthood and exactly how he lived it, he motivated me to get into the priesthood myself.” Hicks continued that “throughout the years, a great number of little ones have taken advantage of his love and dedication he complied with principles of outright affection and also company, making sure that the kids raised in the home were certainly not simply receivers but discovered exactly how to repay.”.Rev. Gregory Sakowicz, remembered his friend as well as schoolmate as a wonderful clergyman along with a “missionary heart that was actually well just liked and recognized by his classmates.” Sakowicz likewise remembered that “Philip never sought the spotlight and also always made an effort to take others right into the limelight.”.
Companies on November 21.Another friend and schoolmate was Rev. Stanley Rataj. “He was among the most highly regarded members of our course and an accurate innovator,” Rataj claimed.
He recollected Cleary’s passion permanently and also his personal appeal mentioning “he was a fast friend to all and also resided a very devoted as well as splendid life.”.All funeral services are going to happen at St. Zachary Church, 567 W. Algonquin Roadway in Des Plaines.
Visitation hrs will definitely be Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024, coming from 10 to 11 a.m. The funeral Mass will follow at 11 a.m.
as well as will definitely be actually commemorated through Bishop Hicks. An exclusive interment is going to occur in all Saints Catholic Burial Ground in Des Plaines.