.The. Rev Philip C. Cleary.
Image thanks to NPH Mu00e9xico.The Rev. Philip C. Cleary, resigned priest of the Archdiocese of Chicago and also past associate pastor of Our Woman of Really Good Counsel Parish on Hermitage Pathway in Chicago’s McKinley Park community, died Sunday, Nov.
3, 2024, at the grow older of 71, in Mexico. Cleary was actually born upon Sept. 5, 1953, in Chicago.
He joined Quigley Preparatory Seminary in Chicago, Niles University of Loyola Educational Institution and the College of St. Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Seminary in Mundelein. Cleary was ordained to the priesthood on Might 9, 1979, through Cardinal John Cody, and he commemorated his very first solemn Mass on Might thirteen of the same year at St.
Jerome Church in Chicago. He then worked as associate minister at St. Boniface Church on Royalty Road in Chicago and also Our Girl of Great Advice Parish.From 1982 to 1984, Cleary functioned as president of the Affiliation of Chicago Priests and also was selected to the National Alliance of Priests’ Councils Executive Panel in 1983.Nuestros Pequeu00f1os Hermanos.It was actually throughout this time around that Cleary learned about Rev.
William B. Wasson and his objective at Nuestros Pequeu00f1os Hermanos (NPH), a not-for-profit company that targets at improving the lives of orphaned as well as left kids in Latin United States and also the Caribbean. Cleary’s initial planning was actually to volunteer for one summer months at NPH’s primary orphanage in Mexico however “he rapidly felt phoned call to remain beyond his three-month phrase, plunging into what came to be a lifetime dedication to the kids of NPH,” the NPH website stated.
Cleary offered for many years as National Director of NPH Mexico before coming to be corporate director of NPH International. He dwelled at NPH’s main home in Miacatlu00e1n, Morelos, Mexico, where he devoted his lifestyle to the institution’s mission as well as the little ones. He at that point ended up being pastor for the Diocese of Cuernavaca in Mexico and also resigned in 2023.Lifestyle Along With Great Commitment.Diocesan Ronald Hicks, mind of the Diocese of Joliet as well as one of Cleary’s closest friends, don’t forgets Cleary as an advisor, shining example as well as pal who “lived lifestyle along with wonderful commitment.” Just before going into the Educational institution of St.
Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Academy, Hicks spent a year in Mexico offering for one of NPH’s orphanages in Mexico.” He (Cleary) certainly not merely given metaphysical guidance but additionally an actual dedication to the goal of improving the little ones’s lifestyles,” Hicks pointed out. Genuine Passion and also Solution.” As a result of watching his priesthood as well as how he resided it, he encouraged me to go into the priesthood myself.” Hicks carried on that “throughout the years, many little ones have actually benefitted from his love and also commitment he observed concepts of outright passion and service, ensuring that the little ones raised in the home were certainly not just receivers however learned exactly how to return.”.Rev. Gregory Sakowicz, remembered his buddy and also schoolmate as a terrific clergyman along with a “missionary heart that was actually extremely well just liked and appreciated through his schoolmates.” Sakowicz additionally remembered that “Philip never ever searched for the spotlight and also constantly attempted to take others in to the spotlight.”.
Provider on November 21.An additional buddy as well as classmate was Rev. Stanley Rataj. “He was one of the absolute most respected participants of our course as well as an accurate innovator,” Rataj mentioned.
He recalled Cleary’s passion for life as well as his charm saying “he was a great friend to all and also resided a really devoted as well as remarkable lifestyle.”.All funeral services will certainly occur at St. Zachary Church, 567 W. Algonquin Roadway in Des Plaines.
Visiting hrs will definitely be actually Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024, coming from 10 to 11 a.m. The funeral Mass is going to adhere to at 11 a.m.
and will definitely be actually celebrated by Bishop Hicks. An exclusive interment is going to develop whatsoever Saints Catholic Cemetery in Des Plaines.