.The. Rev Philip C. Cleary.
Picture thanks to NPH Mu00e9xico.The Rev. Philip C. Cleary, retired clergyman of the Archdiocese of Chicago and previous associate pastor of Our Girl of Great Guidance Church on Hermitage Avenue in Chicago’s McKinley Playground area, passed away Sunday, Nov.
3, 2024, at the age of 71, in Mexico. Cleary was born on Sept. 5, 1953, in Chicago.
He attended Quigley Preparatory Seminary in Chicago, Niles University of Loyola College and also the Educational Institution of St. Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Academy in Mundelein. Cleary was actually ordained to the priesthood on Might 9, 1979, through Cardinal John Cody, and he commemorated his 1st austere Mass on Might 13 of the same year at St.
Jerome Parish in Chicago. He after that worked as associate pastor at St. Boniface Church on Noble Road in Chicago and Our Gal of Great Counsel Parish.Coming from 1982 to 1984, Cleary worked as president of the Organization of Chicago Priests as well as was elected to the National Alliance of Priests’ Councils Manager Board in 1983.Nuestros Pequeu00f1os Hermanos.It was actually during this moment that Cleary found out about Rev.
William B. Wasson and his mission at Nuestros Pequeu00f1os Hermanos (NPH), a not-for-profit company that targets at boosting the lives of orphaned and also abandoned kids in Latin The United States as well as the Caribbean. Cleary’s first plan was to volunteer for one summer season at NPH’s principal orphanage in Mexico however “he rapidly felt phoned call to keep beyond his three-month term, embarking on what became a long-lasting devotion to the youngsters of NPH,” the NPH site stated.
Cleary offered for several years as National Director of NPH Mexico just before becoming corporate director of NPH International. He stayed at NPH’s major home in Miacatlu00e1n, Morelos, Mexico, where he devoted his lifestyle to the association’s mission and also the little ones. He after that became pastor for the Diocese of Cuernavaca in Mexico as well as retired in 2023.Lifestyle Along With Great Dedication.Bishop Ronald Hicks, mind of the Diocese of Joliet and one of Cleary’s closest close friends, keeps in mind Cleary as a mentor, good example and also buddy who “lived lifestyle with great devotion.” Just before getting in the College of St.
Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Academy, Hicks spent a year in Mexico offering for one of NPH’s homes in Mexico.” He (Cleary) not only given religious advice however likewise a genuine commitment to the purpose of improving the little ones’s lives,” Hicks pointed out. Genuine Love and also Solution.” As a result of watching his priesthood as well as how he stayed it, he encouraged me to enter into the priesthood on my own.” Hicks proceeded that “for many years, a great number of children have actually taken advantage of his passion and devotion he complied with concepts of genuine affection and solution, making certain that the youngsters increased in the home were actually certainly not only receivers however learned exactly how to give back.”.Rev. Gregory Sakowicz, remembered his good friend and also friend as an excellent priest with a “missionary center that was actually quite possibly suched as and recognized through his classmates.” Sakowicz also recollected that “Philip certainly never searched for the limelight as well as always tried to deliver others into the limelight.”.
Services on Nov 21.Another buddy and also schoolmate was Rev. Stanley Rataj. “He was one of one of the most revered participants of our lesson and a correct forerunner,” Rataj claimed.
He remembered Cleary’s passion permanently as well as his charm pointing out “he was a fast friend to all as well as lived a really trustworthy as well as fantastic life.”.All lasts rites will take place at St. Zachary Parish, 567 W. Algonquin Roadway in Des Plaines.
Visiting hours will definitely be actually Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024, from 10 to 11 a.m. The funeral Mass will certainly observe at 11 a.m.
and is going to be actually commemorated by Bishop Hicks. An exclusive interment will definitely happen in any way Saints Catholic Burial Ground in Des Plaines.