.The. Rev Philip C. Cleary.
Picture courtesy of NPH Mu00e9xico.The Rev. Philip C. Cleary, resigned clergyman of the Archdiocese of Chicago and also previous associate priest of Our Lady of Really Good Guidance Church on Hermitage Opportunity in Chicago’s McKinley Playground community, died Sunday, Nov.
3, 2024, at the age of 71, in Mexico. Cleary was actually born upon Sept. 5, 1953, in Chicago.
He attended Quigley Preparatory Academy in Chicago, Niles College of Loyola College as well as the College of St. Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Academy in Mundelein. Cleary was actually blessed to the priesthood on Might 9, 1979, through Cardinal John Cody, and also he commemorated his 1st solemn Mass on May thirteen of the same year at St.
Jerome Parish in Chicago. He at that point acted as associate priest at St. Boniface Parish on Noble Street in Chicago as well as Our Woman of Excellent Advise Church.From 1982 to 1984, Cleary served as head of state of the Affiliation of Chicago Priests as well as was elected to the National Alliance of Priests’ Councils Exec Board in 1983.Nuestros Pequeu00f1os Hermanos.It was actually during this time around that Cleary found out about Rev.
William B. Wasson and his purpose at Nuestros Pequeu00f1os Hermanos (NPH), a nonprofit association that intends for enhancing the lives of orphaned and left kids in Latin United States and the Caribbean. Cleary’s preliminary planning was actually to offer services for one summer at NPH’s main home in Mexico yet “he quickly felt called to remain beyond his three-month phrase, plunging into what came to be a long-lasting devotion to the little ones of NPH,” the NPH web site explained.
Cleary provided for years as National Director of NPH Mexico before ending up being corporate director of NPH International. He dwelled at NPH’s principal home in Miacatlu00e1n, Morelos, Mexico, where he committed his lifestyle to the organization’s goal and also the kids. He after that came to be chaplain for the Diocese of Cuernavaca in Mexico and resigned in 2023.Lifestyle Along With Great Commitment.Bishop Ronald Hicks, head of the Diocese of Joliet and also one of Cleary’s closest buddies, don’t forgets Cleary as a coach, role model and buddy who “resided lifestyle with fantastic dedication.” Before entering into the Educational institution of St.
Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Academy, Hicks devoted a year in Mexico offering for some of NPH’s homes in Mexico.” He (Cleary) certainly not only supplied metaphysical assistance but additionally an actual dedication to the objective of boosting the little ones’s lives,” Hicks pointed out. Unconditional Love and Service.” Due to viewing his priesthood and also just how he resided it, he inspired me to go into the priesthood on my own.” Hicks carried on that “for many years, plenty of kids have taken advantage of his love and also commitment he observed guidelines of genuine passion and also service, seeing to it that the kids raised in the home were actually certainly not simply receivers but found out exactly how to return.”.Rev. Gregory Sakowicz, remembered his good friend and also schoolmate as a terrific priest with a “missionary heart who was actually well ased if as well as recognized through his schoolmates.” Sakowicz also remembered that “Philip certainly never sought the limelight as well as consistently tried to bring others into the limelight.”.
Services on Nov 21.Yet another buddy and schoolmate was Rev. Stanley Rataj. “He was among the absolute most respected members of our course and a correct forerunner,” Rataj pointed out.
He recollected Cleary’s enthusiasm permanently as well as his charisma claiming “he was a great friend to all and resided a quite faithful and also excellent lifestyle.”.All funeral services are going to take place at St. Zachary Church, 567 W. Algonquin Road in Des Plaines.
Visitation hrs will certainly be actually Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024, coming from 10 to 11 a.m. The funeral Mass is going to observe at 11 a.m.
and will definitely be actually celebrated through Bishop Hicks. A private interment will definitely develop in all Saints Catholic Burial Ground in Des Plaines.