.The. Rev Philip C. Cleary.
Image courtesy of NPH Mu00e9xico.The Rev. Philip C. Cleary, resigned clergyman of the Archdiocese of Chicago and also former associate priest of Our Lady of Excellent Guidance Parish on Hermitage Avenue in Chicago’s McKinley Playground neighborhood, passed away Sunday, Nov.
3, 2024, at the grow older of 71, in Mexico. Cleary was actually born on Sept. 5, 1953, in Chicago.
He participated in Quigley Preparatory Seminary in Chicago, Niles University of Loyola College as well as the Educational Institution of St. Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Academy in Mundelein. Cleary was actually commissioned to the priesthood on May 9, 1979, through Cardinal John Cody, as well as he commemorated his first solemn Mass on May thirteen of the same year at St.
Jerome Church in Chicago. He at that point worked as associate priest at St. Boniface Church on Noble Road in Chicago as well as Our Female of Good Guidance Church.From 1982 to 1984, Cleary served as head of state of the Affiliation of Chicago Priests as well as was actually selected to the National Alliance of Priests’ Councils Executive Panel in 1983.Nuestros Pequeu00f1os Hermanos.It was actually during the course of this moment that Cleary found out about Rev.
William B. Wasson and also his purpose at Nuestros Pequeu00f1os Hermanos (NPH), a nonprofit organization that focuses on improving the lives of orphaned as well as abandoned youngsters in Latin The United States and also the Caribbean. Cleary’s preliminary strategy was actually to offer services for one summer months at NPH’s primary home in Mexico yet “he rapidly really felt called to keep beyond his three-month term, embarking on what ended up being a long term devotion to the little ones of NPH,” the NPH site mentioned.
Cleary served for many years as National Supervisor of NPH Mexico just before becoming executive supervisor of NPH International. He resided at NPH’s major house in Miacatlu00e1n, Morelos, Mexico, where he dedicated his lifestyle to the company’s purpose and the little ones. He then ended up being pastor for the Diocese of Cuernavaca in Mexico and also resigned in 2023.Lifestyle Along With Great Dedication.Bishop Ronald Hicks, head of the Diocese of Joliet and among Cleary’s closest good friends, bears in mind Cleary as a mentor, role model and also close friend who “resided lifestyle with fantastic devotion.” Prior to getting in the College of St.
Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Academy, Hicks devoted a year in Mexico offering services for among NPH’s orphanages in Mexico.” He (Cleary) certainly not just supplied metaphysical advice however likewise a real dedication to the mission of boosting the youngsters’s lifestyles,” Hicks said. Unconditional Affection and Solution.” Due to watching his priesthood as well as how he stayed it, he influenced me to get into the priesthood on my own.” Hicks carried on that “over times, a great number of little ones have profited from his passion and also devotion he followed guidelines of outright love and service, being sure that the youngsters brought up in the home were actually not merely recipients but discovered how to give back.”.Rev. Gregory Sakowicz, remembered his close friend and classmate as a fantastic priest along with a “missionary soul that was extremely well just liked and also recognized by his friends.” Sakowicz additionally recalled that “Philip certainly never tried to find the limelight and also always attempted to carry others into the spotlight.”.
Provider on November 21.An additional close friend as well as classmate was actually Rev. Stanley Rataj. “He was among the absolute most respected members of our class as well as an accurate forerunner,” Rataj stated.
He remembered Cleary’s enthusiasm permanently as well as his charm pointing out “he was a fast friend to all and also lived a really trustworthy and also remarkable life.”.All funeral services are going to happen at St. Zachary Church, 567 W. Algonquin Road in Des Plaines.
Visiting hrs will definitely be Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024, from 10 to 11 a.m. The funeral Mass is going to comply with at 11 a.m.
as well as will certainly be actually commemorated through Bishop Hicks. A personal interment will certainly take place whatsoever Saints Catholic Burial Ground in Des Plaines.