.The. Rev Philip C. Cleary.
Image courtesy of NPH Mu00e9xico.The Rev. Philip C. Cleary, retired priest of the Archdiocese of Chicago as well as past associate minister of Our Female of Really Good Advice Parish on Hermitage Pathway in Chicago’s McKinley Park area, 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 went to Quigley Preparatory Academy 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 actually blessed to the priesthood on Might 9, 1979, by Cardinal John Cody, as well as he celebrated his initial austere Mass on Might 13 of the same year at St.
Jerome Church in Chicago. He then served as associate minister at St. Boniface Parish on Royalty Road in Chicago as well as Our Female of Really Good Advice Parish.From 1982 to 1984, Cleary served as head of state of the Association of Chicago Priests as well as was actually chosen to the National Federation of Priests’ Councils Executive Panel in 1983.Nuestros Pequeu00f1os Hermanos.It was actually throughout this time that Cleary learnt more about Rev.
William B. Wasson and also his purpose at Nuestros Pequeu00f1os Hermanos (NPH), a nonprofit organization that aims at enhancing the lives of orphaned and also left kids in Latin United States as well as the Caribbean. Cleary’s first strategy was actually to offer services for one summer months at NPH’s primary home in Mexico yet “he promptly felt contacted us to keep past his three-month phrase, plunging into what came to be a long term dedication to the kids of NPH,” the NPH site specified.
Cleary served for years as National Supervisor of NPH Mexico before becoming corporate director of NPH International. He dwelled at NPH’s primary house in Miacatlu00e1n, Morelos, Mexico, where he dedicated his life to the institution’s goal and also the kids. He at that point came to be pastor for the Diocese of Cuernavaca in Mexico as well as retired in 2023.Lifestyle Along With Great Devotion.Bishop Ronald Hicks, head of the Diocese of Joliet and among Cleary’s closest buddies, bears in mind Cleary as a mentor, good example and close friend who “lived lifestyle along with fantastic commitment.” Prior to getting into the University of St.
Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Seminary, Hicks spent a year in Mexico volunteering for some of NPH’s homes in Mexico.” He (Cleary) not merely delivered religious assistance however additionally a real devotion to the objective of strengthening the little ones’s lives,” Hicks claimed. Unconditional Passion as well as Service.” As a result of enjoying his priesthood and how he resided it, he encouraged me to enter the priesthood on my own.” Hicks proceeded that “over times, numerous children have gained from his love and dedication he followed concepts of unconditional affection and company, being sure that the kids raised in the home were not just receivers but learned how to render.”.Rev. Gregory Sakowicz, remembered his close friend and also schoolmate as a great priest along with a “missionary heart who was actually quite possibly suched as as well as valued through his friends.” Sakowicz likewise recollected that “Philip certainly never sought the spotlight and also constantly attempted to take others right into the limelight.”.
Solutions on Nov 21.One more buddy as well as friend was actually Rev. Stanley Rataj. “He was among one of the most renowned participants of our course as well as a correct forerunner,” Rataj mentioned.
He recalled Cleary’s enthusiasm for life as well as his charisma stating “he was a great friend to all as well as lived a very faithful as well as terrific life.”.All funeral services will take place at St. Zachary Church, 567 W. Algonquin Road in Des Plaines.
Visitation hrs will be Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024, from 10 to 11 a.m. The funeral Mass will follow at 11 a.m.
as well as is going to be celebrated by Diocesan Hicks. A private interment is going to take place in any way Saints Catholic Burial Site in Des Plaines.