.The. Rev Philip C. Cleary.
Photo thanks to NPH Mu00e9xico.The Rev. Philip C. Cleary, retired priest of the Archdiocese of Chicago and past associate minister of Our Female of Great Counsel Parish on Hermitage Opportunity in Chicago’s McKinley Park area, passed away Sunday, Nov.
3, 2024, at the age of 71, in Mexico. Cleary was actually born upon Sept. 5, 1953, in Chicago.
He participated in Quigley Preparatory Seminary in Chicago, Niles College of Loyola College and the College of St. Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Academy in Mundelein. Cleary was actually ordained to the priesthood on May 9, 1979, by Cardinal John Cody, and also he commemorated his very first solemn Mass on Might 13 of the exact same year at St.
Jerome Parish in Chicago. He after that functioned as associate pastor at St. Boniface Parish on Noble Road in Chicago and Our Female of Excellent Advise Church.From 1982 to 1984, Cleary functioned as head of state of the Organization of Chicago Priests and was selected to the National Federation of Priests’ Councils Exec Board in 1983.Nuestros Pequeu00f1os Hermanos.It was during 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 intends for strengthening the lives of orphaned as well as left children in Latin United States as well as the Caribbean. Cleary’s first planning was actually to offer services for one summer season at NPH’s principal home in Mexico yet “he promptly felt phoned call to stay past his three-month condition, starting what came to be a lifetime devotion to the little ones of NPH,” the NPH website specified.
Cleary provided for several years as National Director of NPH Mexico just before coming to be corporate supervisor of NPH International. He lived at NPH’s major home in Miacatlu00e1n, Morelos, Mexico, where he dedicated his life to the association’s mission and also the kids. He after that ended up being chaplain for the Diocese of Cuernavaca in Mexico and retired in 2023.Lifestyle Along With Great Dedication.Diocesan Ronald Hicks, mind of the Diocese of Joliet and also one of Cleary’s closest buddies, bears in mind Cleary as a coach, shining example and also close friend that “lived lifestyle with excellent devotion.” Before entering the Educational institution of St.
Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Academy, Hicks invested a year in Mexico offering services for one of NPH’s orphanages in Mexico.” He (Cleary) certainly not only delivered spiritual support yet likewise a genuine dedication to the purpose of improving the little ones’s lifestyles,” Hicks stated. Outright Affection as well as Company.” Because of viewing his priesthood and also how he lived it, he encouraged me to go into the priesthood myself.” Hicks carried on that “over the years, plenty of little ones have gained from his love and commitment he observed principles of unconditional love and also service, ensuring that the youngsters reared in the home were certainly not merely receivers yet found out just how to return.”.Rev. Gregory Sakowicz, remembered his friend as well as classmate as a great clergyman along with a “missionary center who was actually very well suched as and appreciated by his schoolmates.” Sakowicz likewise recollected that “Philip certainly never searched for the limelight as well as always made an effort to carry others right into the spotlight.”.
Solutions on November 21.Yet another buddy and also friend was actually Rev. Stanley Rataj. “He was just one of the most reputable participants of our lesson and a real leader,” Rataj mentioned.
He recollected Cleary’s enthusiasm forever and his charisma mentioning “he was a great friend to all as well as resided a very faithful as well as splendid life.”.All lasts rites will certainly take place at St. Zachary Church, 567 W. Algonquin Street in Des Plaines.
Visiting hrs are going to 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 definitely be actually celebrated through Diocesan Hicks. A personal interment will certainly develop in any way Saints Catholic Burial Site in Des Plaines.