.The. Rev Philip C. Cleary.
Image courtesy of NPH Mu00e9xico.The Rev. Philip C. Cleary, resigned clergyman of the Archdiocese of Chicago and past associate minister of Our Gal of Excellent Advice Church on Hermitage Opportunity in Chicago’s McKinley Park community, died Sunday, Nov.
3, 2024, at the grow older of 71, in Mexico. Cleary was born on Sept. 5, 1953, in Chicago.
He joined Quigley Preparatory Seminary in Chicago, Niles University of Loyola College as well as the College of St. Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Seminary in Mundelein. Cleary was actually commissioned to the priesthood on May 9, 1979, through Cardinal John Cody, and also he commemorated his very first austere Mass on May thirteen of the exact same year at St.
Jerome Church in Chicago. He after that functioned as associate pastor at St. Boniface Parish on Noble Road in Chicago and also Our Girl of Really Good Guidance Church.Coming from 1982 to 1984, Cleary served as head of state of the Affiliation of Chicago Priests and also was actually selected to the National Alliance of Priests’ Councils Exec Panel in 1983.Nuestros Pequeu00f1os Hermanos.It was actually throughout this moment that Cleary found out about Rev.
William B. Wasson and also his objective at Nuestros Pequeu00f1os Hermanos (NPH), a not-for-profit organization that focuses on boosting the lives of orphaned and also left kids in Latin The United States as well as the Caribbean. Cleary’s initial strategy was to volunteer for one summer months at NPH’s principal home in Mexico however “he rapidly really felt called to keep beyond his three-month term, embarking on what came to be a lifetime dedication to the little ones of NPH,” the NPH web site stated.
Cleary offered for many years as National Director of NPH Mexico before becoming corporate supervisor of NPH International. He resided at NPH’s major home in Miacatlu00e1n, Morelos, Mexico, where he committed his lifestyle to the company’s goal and the little ones. He then came to be chaplain for the Diocese of Cuernavaca in Mexico and resigned in 2023.Lifestyle With Great Dedication.Bishop Ronald Hicks, mind of the Diocese of Joliet as well as one of Cleary’s closest buddies, remembers Cleary as a mentor, role model and also friend who “resided lifestyle along with fantastic commitment.” Before entering 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) not simply offered religious guidance but additionally a genuine devotion to the purpose of boosting the kids’s lives,” Hicks said. Genuine Love and also Service.” As a result of seeing his priesthood and how he resided it, he encouraged me to go into the priesthood on my own.” Hicks carried on that “for many years, countless children have actually benefitted from his affection and also dedication he adhered to concepts of genuine affection and service, seeing to it that the little ones reared in the home were actually certainly not only receivers but knew just how to return.”.Rev. Gregory Sakowicz, remembered his close friend as well as friend as a great clergyman with a “missionary soul who was well liked as well as valued by his classmates.” Sakowicz also recalled that “Philip certainly never searched for the limelight and always attempted to bring others into the limelight.”.
Companies on November 21.One more friend and friend was actually Rev. Stanley Rataj. “He was one of the best respected participants of our class as well as a true leader,” Rataj claimed.
He recollected Cleary’s enthusiasm for life and his personal appeal stating “he was a fast friend to all and lived an extremely devoted and terrific lifestyle.”.All funeral services will definitely happen at St. Zachary Parish, 567 W. Algonquin Road in Des Plaines.
Visiting hours will definitely be Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024, from 10 to 11 a.m. The funeral Mass will follow at 11 a.m.
and also will be actually commemorated by Diocesan Hicks. A private interment is going to happen in any way Saints Catholic Burial Ground in Des Plaines.