.The. Rev Philip C. Cleary.
Photo thanks to NPH Mu00e9xico.The Rev. Philip C. Cleary, resigned clergyman of the Archdiocese of Chicago as well as previous associate pastor of Our Girl of Great Guidance Parish on Hermitage Pathway in Chicago’s McKinley Playground area, passed away Sunday, Nov.
3, 2024, at the age of 71, in Mexico. Cleary was born upon Sept. 5, 1953, in Chicago.
He attended Quigley Preparatory Seminary in Chicago, Niles University of Loyola Educational Institution and also the Educational Institution of St. Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Academy in Mundelein. Cleary was blessed to the priesthood on Might 9, 1979, by Cardinal John Cody, as well as he celebrated his very first austere Mass on Might 13 of the very same year at St.
Jerome Parish in Chicago. He then served as associate minister at St. Boniface Parish on Royalty Street in Chicago as well as Our Lady of Great Counsel Church.From 1982 to 1984, Cleary served as president of the Association of Chicago Priests and also was selected to the National Federation of Priests’ Councils Exec Panel in 1983.Nuestros Pequeu00f1os Hermanos.It was actually during the course of this time around that Cleary learned about Rev.
William B. Wasson and his goal at Nuestros Pequeu00f1os Hermanos (NPH), a nonprofit association that aims at enhancing the lifestyles of orphaned and left youngsters in Latin America and the Caribbean. Cleary’s preliminary planning was to volunteer for one summer season at NPH’s main home in Mexico however “he rapidly experienced called to keep beyond his three-month term, plunging into what came to be a long term commitment to the kids of NPH,” the NPH internet site said.
Cleary provided for several years as National Director of NPH Mexico before becoming executive director of NPH International. He dwelled at NPH’s major home in Miacatlu00e1n, Morelos, Mexico, where he dedicated his life to the company’s mission and also the little ones. He at that point came to be chaplain for the Diocese of Cuernavaca in Mexico as well as resigned in 2023.Life With Great Dedication.Diocesan Ronald Hicks, head of the Diocese of Joliet and also among Cleary’s closest good friends, always remembers Cleary as a mentor, shining example and close friend who “lived life along with great devotion.” Prior to getting in the College of St.
Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Seminary, Hicks devoted a year in Mexico volunteering for among NPH’s homes in Mexico.” He (Cleary) certainly not simply given spiritual direction yet additionally a real dedication to the purpose of strengthening the little ones’s lives,” Hicks mentioned. Outright Passion and also Company.” Because of watching his priesthood as well as exactly how he lived it, he encouraged me to enter into the priesthood myself.” Hicks carried on that “over times, a great number of kids have taken advantage of his love as well as commitment he observed guidelines of outright affection and also company, being sure that the little ones brought up in the home were actually certainly not just receivers but found out exactly how to repay.”.Rev. Gregory Sakowicz, remembered his close friend and classmate as a great priest along with a “missionary heart who was actually well liked and appreciated by his classmates.” Sakowicz also recalled that “Philip certainly never looked for the spotlight and also regularly tried to carry others into the limelight.”.
Companies on November 21.An additional close friend and friend was actually Rev. Stanley Rataj. “He was among one of the most recognized members of our training class and an accurate leader,” Rataj pointed out.
He recollected Cleary’s passion forever and his personal appeal saying “he was a fast friend to all and lived a very devoted and splendid lifestyle.”.All funeral services will definitely occur at St. Zachary Church, 567 W. Algonquin Roadway in Des Plaines.
Visiting hours will certainly be actually Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024, from 10 to 11 a.m. The funeral Mass will definitely adhere to at 11 a.m.
and will certainly be actually celebrated by Bishop Hicks. An exclusive interment will definitely happen whatsoever Saints Catholic Burial Site in Des Plaines.