.The. Rev Philip C. Cleary.
Image thanks to NPH Mu00e9xico.The Rev. Philip C. Cleary, retired clergyman of the Archdiocese of Chicago and also former associate minister of Our Lady of Excellent Counsel Parish on Hermitage Method in Chicago’s McKinley Playground neighborhood, died Sunday, Nov.
3, 2024, at the age of 71, in Mexico. Cleary was actually born on Sept. 5, 1953, in Chicago.
He participated in Quigley Preparatory Academy in Chicago, Niles College of Loyola College and the Educational Institution of St. Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Seminary in Mundelein. Cleary was actually blessed to the priesthood on Might 9, 1979, by Cardinal John Cody, and also he celebrated his initial austere Mass on Might 13 of the very same year at St.
Jerome Church in Chicago. He at that point acted as associate minister at St. Boniface Parish on Royalty Road in Chicago and Our Lady of Great Counsel Parish.Coming from 1982 to 1984, Cleary worked as head of state of the Organization of Chicago Priests as well as was selected to the National Federation of Priests’ Councils Executive Board in 1983.Nuestros Pequeu00f1os Hermanos.It was during the course of this time around that Cleary learnt more about Rev.
William B. Wasson as well as his goal at Nuestros Pequeu00f1os Hermanos (NPH), a not-for-profit association that intends for strengthening the lifestyles of orphaned as well as deserted kids in Latin United States and also the Caribbean. Cleary’s initial strategy was to offer services for one summertime at NPH’s primary orphanage in Mexico but “he promptly felt called to stay past his three-month condition, plunging into what came to be a long-lasting commitment to the youngsters of NPH,” the NPH internet site stated.
Cleary offered for years as National Director of NPH Mexico before ending up being executive director of NPH International. He resided at NPH’s principal house in Miacatlu00e1n, Morelos, Mexico, where he committed his lifestyle to the company’s goal and the kids. He at that point ended up being chaplain for the Diocese of Cuernavaca in Mexico and resigned in 2023.Lifestyle With Great Dedication.Bishop Ronald Hicks, head of the Diocese of Joliet and also some of Cleary’s closest close friends, always remembers Cleary as a mentor, good example as well as pal that “lived lifestyle with excellent devotion.” Just before getting into the Educational institution of St.
Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Seminary, Hicks spent a year in Mexico offering for one of NPH’s homes in Mexico.” He (Cleary) not merely offered spiritual direction however additionally a genuine commitment to the goal of strengthening the youngsters’s lives,” Hicks said. Outright Affection as well as Company.” Due to enjoying his priesthood and also just how he lived it, he motivated me to enter into the priesthood myself.” Hicks continued that “over times, plenty of little ones have actually taken advantage of his love as well as commitment he adhered to principles of outright passion and solution, making sure that the kids raised in the home were certainly not just receivers yet found out how to render.”.Rev. Gregory Sakowicz, remembered his pal and friend as a great priest with a “missionary heart who was quite possibly suched as as well as appreciated by his classmates.” Sakowicz likewise remembered that “Philip never looked for the spotlight and constantly tried to carry others into the limelight.”.
Services on Nov 21.One more close friend and also friend was Rev. Stanley Rataj. “He was just one of the absolute most revered members of our training class and also a correct leader,” Rataj mentioned.
He recollected Cleary’s passion forever and also his charm claiming “he was a fast friend to all and also lived a very devoted as well as excellent lifestyle.”.All funeral services are going to take place at St. Zachary Church, 567 W. Algonquin Roadway in Des Plaines.
Visiting hrs will definitely be Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024, coming from 10 to 11 a.m. The funeral Mass will comply with at 11 a.m.
as well as is going to be commemorated by Bishop Hicks. A personal interment will certainly happen in any way Saints Catholic Cemetery in Des Plaines.