.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 pastor of Our Woman of Good Counsel Parish on Hermitage Avenue in Chicago’s McKinley Playground neighborhood, died Sunday, Nov.
3, 2024, at the age of 71, in Mexico. Cleary was born upon Sept. 5, 1953, in Chicago.
He attended Quigley Preparatory Seminary in Chicago, Niles College of Loyola Educational Institution and the University of St. Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Academy in Mundelein. Cleary was commissioned to the priesthood on May 9, 1979, through Cardinal John Cody, and he celebrated his very first austere Mass on May thirteen of the very same year at St.
Jerome Church in Chicago. He at that point served as associate pastor at St. Boniface Church on Noble Street in Chicago as well as Our Gal of Really Good Advise Parish.Coming from 1982 to 1984, Cleary worked as head of state of the Association of Chicago Priests as well as was selected to the National Alliance of Priests’ Councils Exec Board in 1983.Nuestros Pequeu00f1os Hermanos.It was actually in the course of this moment that Cleary discovered Rev.
William B. Wasson as well as his purpose at Nuestros Pequeu00f1os Hermanos (NPH), a not-for-profit association that targets at improving the lives of orphaned as well as deserted kids in Latin The United States and also the Caribbean. Cleary’s preliminary program was actually to offer for one summer at NPH’s major home in Mexico but “he rapidly really felt called to keep beyond his three-month condition, starting what ended up being a lifelong commitment to the little ones of NPH,” the NPH site said.
Cleary provided for several years as National Director of NPH Mexico prior to becoming executive director of NPH International. He stayed at NPH’s principal house in Miacatlu00e1n, Morelos, Mexico, where he committed his life to the company’s goal and also the kids. He at that point became pastor for the Diocese of Cuernavaca in Mexico and retired in 2023.Lifestyle Along With Great Commitment.Diocesan Ronald Hicks, mind of the Diocese of Joliet and among Cleary’s closest pals, keeps in mind Cleary as a mentor, role model and also close friend who “resided life along with excellent dedication.” Prior to going into the University of St.
Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Seminary, Hicks devoted a year in Mexico volunteering for some of NPH’s homes in Mexico.” He (Cleary) not merely delivered metaphysical advice yet also an actual commitment to the goal of boosting the little ones’s lifestyles,” Hicks claimed. Outright Love as well as Solution.” Because of viewing his priesthood and just how he stayed it, he encouraged me to get into the priesthood myself.” Hicks carried on that “over times, numerous little ones have benefitted from his affection and also commitment he complied with principles of unconditional passion and also solution, making certain that the little ones increased in the home were actually certainly not only receivers but knew exactly how to give back.”.Rev. Gregory Sakowicz, remembered his pal and schoolmate as a great clergyman along with a “missionary center that was actually well just liked as well as respected by his friends.” Sakowicz likewise recalled that “Philip never sought the limelight and also always attempted to carry others right into the limelight.”.
Provider on November 21.Yet another buddy as well as classmate was Rev. Stanley Rataj. “He was just one of the absolute most revered members of our training class and a true innovator,” Rataj said.
He recollected Cleary’s zest forever as well as his charisma claiming “he was actually a fast friend to all and resided a quite faithful and excellent life.”.All lasts rites will certainly occur at St. Zachary Church, 567 W. Algonquin Road in Des Plaines.
Visiting hrs will be Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024, coming from 10 to 11 a.m. The funeral Mass is going to comply with at 11 a.m.
and also is going to be commemorated by Bishop Hicks. A personal interment will occur in any way Saints Catholic Burial Site in Des Plaines.