.The. Rev Philip C. Cleary.
Photograph courtesy of NPH Mu00e9xico.The Rev. Philip C. Cleary, retired priest of the Archdiocese of Chicago as well as previous associate priest of Our Lady of Excellent Guidance Church on Hermitage Pathway in Chicago’s McKinley Park neighborhood, died Sunday, Nov.
3, 2024, at the grow older of 71, in Mexico. Cleary was born upon Sept. 5, 1953, in Chicago.
He went to Quigley Preparatory Academy in Chicago, Niles College of Loyola University and the College of St. Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Academy in Mundelein. Cleary was actually ordained to the priesthood on May 9, 1979, by Cardinal John Cody, as well as he celebrated his 1st austere Mass on Might 13 of the same year at St.
Jerome Parish in Chicago. He at that point served as associate minister at St. Boniface Parish on Noble Street in Chicago as well as Our Girl of Really Good Counsel Parish.Coming from 1982 to 1984, Cleary worked as president of the Association of Chicago Priests and also was chosen to the National Federation of Priests’ Councils Manager Panel in 1983.Nuestros Pequeu00f1os Hermanos.It was in the course of this moment that Cleary learnt more about Rev.
William B. Wasson and also his purpose at Nuestros Pequeu00f1os Hermanos (NPH), a not-for-profit association that intends for enhancing the lifestyles of orphaned as well as deserted kids in Latin America and the Caribbean. Cleary’s first program was actually to offer for one summer season at NPH’s major orphanage in Mexico however “he quickly felt called to keep past his three-month condition, embarking on what came to be a lifelong commitment to the kids of NPH,” the NPH website explained.
Cleary served for many years as National Director of NPH Mexico prior to ending up being corporate supervisor of NPH International. He lived at NPH’s main house in Miacatlu00e1n, Morelos, Mexico, where he devoted his lifestyle to the organization’s mission as well as the children. He then ended up being chaplain for the Diocese of Cuernavaca in Mexico as well as retired in 2023.Life With Great Commitment.Bishop Ronald Hicks, mind of the Diocese of Joliet as well as some of Cleary’s closest pals, remembers Cleary as an advisor, good example and also buddy who “lived lifestyle with wonderful commitment.” Before getting into the Educational institution of St.
Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Academy, Hicks spent a year in Mexico volunteering for one of NPH’s homes in Mexico.” He (Cleary) not just supplied spiritual guidance however also an actual commitment to the objective of strengthening the youngsters’s lifestyles,” Hicks claimed. Genuine Affection and also Company.” Due to enjoying his priesthood as well as just how he lived it, he influenced me to get in the priesthood myself.” Hicks carried on that “over times, numerous children have benefitted from his love and also commitment he observed principles of unconditional love and also company, ensuring that the kids raised in the home were certainly not just recipients yet found out just how to give back.”.Rev. Gregory Sakowicz, remembered his buddy and schoolmate as a fantastic clergyman along with a “missionary center who was very well liked and recognized through his classmates.” Sakowicz additionally recalled that “Philip never ever searched for the limelight and constantly attempted to bring others into the limelight.”.
Companies on November 21.Yet another close friend and also schoolmate was actually Rev. Stanley Rataj. “He was just one of one of the most revered participants of our lesson as well as a true innovator,” Rataj mentioned.
He recalled Cleary’s passion permanently and also his personal appeal stating “he was a great friend to all and lived an incredibly devoted as well as splendid life.”.All funeral services will definitely happen at St. Zachary Church, 567 W. Algonquin Street in Des Plaines.
Visitation hours will be Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024, from 10 to 11 a.m. The funeral Mass is going to follow at 11 a.m.
as well as will definitely be commemorated by Bishop Hicks. A personal interment is going to develop in all Saints Catholic Cemetery in Des Plaines.