.The. Rev Philip C. Cleary.
Picture thanks to NPH Mu00e9xico.The Rev. Philip C. Cleary, retired clergyman of the Archdiocese of Chicago and past associate pastor of Our Gal of Excellent Advice Parish on Hermitage Opportunity in Chicago’s McKinley Playground area, passed away Sunday, Nov.
3, 2024, at the grow older of 71, in Mexico. Cleary was born on Sept. 5, 1953, in Chicago.
He went to Quigley Preparatory Seminary in Chicago, Niles University of Loyola University and also the Educational Institution of St. Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Seminary in Mundelein. Cleary was blessed to the priesthood on May 9, 1979, by Cardinal John Cody, and he celebrated his very first solemn Mass on Might thirteen of the very same year at St.
Jerome Parish in Chicago. He after that functioned as associate pastor at St. Boniface Church on Royalty Street in Chicago as well as Our Female of Great Guidance Church.From 1982 to 1984, Cleary served as president of the Association of Chicago Priests and also was actually chosen to the National Alliance of Priests’ Councils Exec Board in 1983.Nuestros Pequeu00f1os Hermanos.It was during the course of this moment that Cleary found out about Rev.
William B. Wasson and his objective at Nuestros Pequeu00f1os Hermanos (NPH), a nonprofit association that intends for strengthening the lifestyles of orphaned and abandoned kids in Latin The United States and the Caribbean. Cleary’s preliminary strategy was actually to volunteer for one summer months at NPH’s primary orphanage in Mexico yet “he quickly felt called to keep beyond his three-month phrase, plunging into what ended up being a lifelong devotion to the little ones of NPH,” the NPH website explained.
Cleary served for many years as National Supervisor of NPH Mexico just before coming to be executive director of NPH International. He stayed at NPH’s major house in Miacatlu00e1n, Morelos, Mexico, where he committed his life to the association’s purpose and also the little ones. He at that point came to be pastor for the Diocese of Cuernavaca in Mexico and resigned in 2023.Lifestyle With Great Devotion.Bishop Ronald Hicks, head of the Diocese of Joliet and some of Cleary’s closest good friends, don’t forgets Cleary as an advisor, role model and friend that “resided lifestyle with excellent commitment.” Just before getting into the University of St.
Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Seminary, Hicks spent a year in Mexico offering for one of NPH’s orphanages in Mexico.” He (Cleary) certainly not just delivered metaphysical direction however likewise a real devotion to the objective of enhancing the kids’s lives,” Hicks said. Genuine Affection as well as Solution.” As a result of viewing his priesthood as well as just how he stayed it, he motivated me to get into the priesthood on my own.” Hicks continued that “for many years, many youngsters have taken advantage of his passion as well as devotion he followed concepts of outright love as well as service, seeing to it that the youngsters raised in the home were not just recipients but learned how to repay.”.Rev. Gregory Sakowicz, remembered his pal as well as schoolmate as a terrific priest with a “missionary soul that was quite possibly liked and recognized through his schoolmates.” Sakowicz likewise recollected that “Philip never sought the spotlight and also always made an effort to deliver others in to the spotlight.”.
Companies on Nov 21.One more close friend and classmate was Rev. Stanley Rataj. “He was among the best recognized participants of our class as well as a real forerunner,” Rataj said.
He recollected Cleary’s zest for life and his personal appeal stating “he was a fast friend to all as well as resided a very devoted as well as wonderful life.”.All funeral services will certainly happen at St. Zachary Church, 567 W. Algonquin Street in Des Plaines.
Visitation hrs will certainly be actually Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024, coming from 10 to 11 a.m. The funeral Mass will adhere to at 11 a.m.
as well as will certainly be celebrated by Diocesan Hicks. A personal interment is going to take place whatsoever Saints Catholic Burial Ground in Des Plaines.