.The. Rev Philip C. Cleary.
Image courtesy of NPH Mu00e9xico.The Rev. Philip C. Cleary, resigned priest of the Archdiocese of Chicago and also past associate pastor of Our Girl of Really Good Guidance Parish on Hermitage Avenue in Chicago’s McKinley Playground neighborhood, died Sunday, Nov.
3, 2024, at the grow older of 71, in Mexico. Cleary was born on Sept. 5, 1953, in Chicago.
He joined Quigley Preparatory Academy in Chicago, Niles University of Loyola Educational Institution and also the College of St. Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Seminary in Mundelein. Cleary was actually blessed to the priesthood on May 9, 1979, through Cardinal John Cody, and also he commemorated his 1st thoughtful Mass on Might thirteen of the exact same year at St.
Jerome Parish in Chicago. He after that served as associate priest at St. Boniface Parish on Royalty Road in Chicago and Our Lady of Good Counsel Church.From 1982 to 1984, Cleary served as head of state of the Association of Chicago Priests and was actually elected to the National Federation of Priests’ Councils Executive Board in 1983.Nuestros Pequeu00f1os Hermanos.It was actually during the course of this time that Cleary discovered Rev.
William B. Wasson and also his purpose at Nuestros Pequeu00f1os Hermanos (NPH), a not-for-profit institution that intends for boosting the lives of orphaned and left little ones in Latin United States and also the Caribbean. Cleary’s preliminary strategy was actually to volunteer for one summer at NPH’s main orphanage in Mexico but “he rapidly felt phoned call to stay beyond his three-month term, starting what came to be a lifelong devotion to the kids of NPH,” the NPH website specified.
Cleary served for years as National Supervisor of NPH Mexico prior to coming to be corporate director of NPH International. He lived at NPH’s main house in Miacatlu00e1n, Morelos, Mexico, where he devoted his life to the institution’s purpose as well as the kids. He after that came to be chaplain for the Diocese of Cuernavaca in Mexico and resigned in 2023.Life With Great Commitment.Diocesan Ronald Hicks, head of the Diocese of Joliet as well as some of Cleary’s closest friends, bears in mind Cleary as an advisor, role model as well as pal who “lived lifestyle with wonderful devotion.” Just before entering into the Educational institution of St.
Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Academy, Hicks spent a year in Mexico offering services for one of NPH’s homes in Mexico.” He (Cleary) certainly not just offered metaphysical advice however likewise an actual dedication to the purpose of boosting the kids’s lifestyles,” Hicks pointed out. Outright Love and also Service.” Because of watching his priesthood as well as just how he lived it, he encouraged me to get in the priesthood myself.” Hicks continued that “for many years, a great number of children have gained from his affection as well as commitment he complied with principles of genuine love and also company, making sure that the youngsters increased in the home were not merely receivers however discovered just how to render.”.Rev. Gregory Sakowicz, remembered his pal and also classmate as a terrific clergyman with a “missionary heart who was effectively ased if and also appreciated through his schoolmates.” Sakowicz also recollected that “Philip never sought the limelight as well as constantly tried to bring others in to the spotlight.”.
Services on Nov 21.Another friend and classmate was Rev. Stanley Rataj. “He was one of the best recognized participants of our class and an accurate leader,” Rataj mentioned.
He remembered Cleary’s enthusiasm for life as well as his charisma claiming “he was actually a great friend to all as well as resided a very devoted and excellent life.”.All lasts rites will certainly occur at St. Zachary Church, 567 W. Algonquin Street in Des Plaines.
Visiting hours will be actually Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024, from 10 to 11 a.m. The funeral Mass is going to adhere to at 11 a.m.
as well as will be commemorated through Diocesan Hicks. A personal interment will definitely occur in any way Saints Catholic Burial Site in Des Plaines.