.The. Rev Philip C. Cleary.
Picture courtesy of NPH Mu00e9xico.The Rev. Philip C. Cleary, resigned priest of the Archdiocese of Chicago and also former associate pastor of Our Gal of Excellent Counsel Parish on Hermitage Pathway in Chicago’s McKinley Playground neighborhood, died Sunday, Nov.
3, 2024, at the grow older of 71, in Mexico. Cleary was born upon Sept. 5, 1953, in Chicago.
He went to Quigley Preparatory Academy in Chicago, Niles College of Loyola Educational Institution and the University of St. Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Seminary in Mundelein. Cleary was actually blessed to the priesthood on Might 9, 1979, by Cardinal John Cody, and he celebrated his very first thoughtful Mass on Might 13 of the very same year at St.
Jerome Parish in Chicago. He after that served as associate priest at St. Boniface Church on Noble Street in Chicago and Our Girl of Great Guidance Parish.Coming from 1982 to 1984, Cleary served as president of the Association of Chicago Priests as well as was actually selected to the National Federation of Priests’ Councils Manager Board in 1983.Nuestros Pequeu00f1os Hermanos.It was during the course of this time around that Cleary learned about Rev.
William B. Wasson as well as his objective at Nuestros Pequeu00f1os Hermanos (NPH), a non-profit institution that focuses on boosting the lives of orphaned and also abandoned kids in Latin The United States and also the Caribbean. Cleary’s preliminary plan was to offer services for one summertime at NPH’s principal orphanage in Mexico but “he promptly really felt contacted us to keep beyond his three-month term, plunging into what came to be a lifetime dedication to the youngsters of NPH,” the NPH internet site mentioned.
Cleary offered for many years as National Supervisor of NPH Mexico just before becoming executive director of NPH International. He lived at NPH’s major house in Miacatlu00e1n, Morelos, Mexico, where he devoted his life to the association’s goal as well as the little ones. He at that point came to be chaplain for the Diocese of Cuernavaca in Mexico as well as retired in 2023.Lifestyle Along With Great Devotion.Diocesan Ronald Hicks, head of the Diocese of Joliet and among Cleary’s closest friends, don’t forgets Cleary as a mentor, good example and close friend that “resided lifestyle along with wonderful dedication.” Prior to getting in the University of St.
Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Academy, Hicks invested a year in Mexico volunteering for among NPH’s orphanages in Mexico.” He (Cleary) not merely given religious direction but also a real commitment to the purpose of strengthening the little ones’s lifestyles,” Hicks mentioned. Outright Passion and Company.” As a result of viewing his priesthood as well as exactly how he resided it, he encouraged me to enter into the priesthood myself.” Hicks carried on that “throughout the years, many youngsters have actually taken advantage of his love and also devotion he followed guidelines of genuine love and also solution, making certain that the little ones reared in the home were certainly not merely recipients but discovered exactly how to return.”.Rev. Gregory Sakowicz, remembered his friend and also schoolmate as a terrific priest along with a “missionary center that was actually extremely well suched as as well as valued by his classmates.” Sakowicz additionally remembered that “Philip certainly never tried to find the limelight and consistently attempted to deliver others into the spotlight.”.
Services on Nov 21.Yet another close friend and also classmate was actually Rev. Stanley Rataj. “He was one of the best respected members of our class as well as an accurate innovator,” Rataj stated.
He remembered Cleary’s enthusiasm permanently and his personal appeal pointing out “he was a fast friend to all as well as lived a really trustworthy and also fantastic life.”.All funeral services will take place at St. Zachary Parish, 567 W. Algonquin Roadway in Des Plaines.
Visiting hrs will be actually Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024, from 10 to 11 a.m. The funeral Mass will certainly observe at 11 a.m.
and also will be commemorated by Bishop Hicks. A personal interment is going to occur whatsoever Saints Catholic Burial Site in Des Plaines.