.The. Rev Philip C. Cleary.
Picture thanks to NPH Mu00e9xico.The Rev. Philip C. Cleary, retired priest of the Archdiocese of Chicago and also past associate priest of Our Woman of Good Counsel Church on Hermitage Pathway in Chicago’s McKinley Playground area, died Sunday, Nov.
3, 2024, at the grow older of 71, in Mexico. Cleary was actually born upon Sept. 5, 1953, in Chicago.
He attended Quigley Preparatory Academy in Chicago, Niles University of Loyola University and the College of St. Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Seminary in Mundelein. Cleary was commissioned to the priesthood on May 9, 1979, through Cardinal John Cody, as well as he celebrated his first solemn Mass on May 13 of the exact same year at St.
Jerome Parish in Chicago. He then served as associate pastor at St. Boniface Church on Noble Street in Chicago and also Our Woman of Great Advise Parish.Coming from 1982 to 1984, Cleary functioned as head of state of the Organization of Chicago Priests and was actually elected to the National Federation of Priests’ Councils Executive Panel in 1983.Nuestros Pequeu00f1os Hermanos.It was during this moment that Cleary found out about Rev.
William B. Wasson as well as his mission at Nuestros Pequeu00f1os Hermanos (NPH), a non-profit association that targets at improving the lifestyles of orphaned and abandoned kids in Latin America and also the Caribbean. Cleary’s first plan was actually to volunteer for one summer months at NPH’s principal orphanage in Mexico but “he promptly felt contacted us to stay past his three-month condition, plunging into what became a long term dedication to the youngsters of NPH,” the NPH web site stated.
Cleary served for several years as National Supervisor of NPH Mexico just before ending up being corporate director of NPH International. He resided at NPH’s primary house in Miacatlu00e1n, Morelos, Mexico, where he dedicated his life to the organization’s purpose and also the children. He at that point ended up being chaplain for the Diocese of Cuernavaca in Mexico and also retired in 2023.Life With Great Commitment.Bishop Ronald Hicks, mind of the Diocese of Joliet as well as some of Cleary’s closest good friends, always remembers Cleary as a mentor, good example and buddy that “lived lifestyle with fantastic dedication.” Prior to getting into the University of St.
Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Academy, Hicks spent a year in Mexico offering services for among NPH’s homes in Mexico.” He (Cleary) certainly not simply delivered metaphysical guidance yet likewise an actual dedication to the mission of strengthening the kids’s lifestyles,” Hicks stated. Unconditional Love as well as Solution.” Due to viewing his priesthood and exactly how he lived it, he influenced me to get into the priesthood on my own.” Hicks carried on that “over the years, a great number of children have taken advantage of his affection as well as devotion he observed guidelines of unconditional love and solution, seeing to it that the youngsters brought up in the home were actually certainly not merely receivers however discovered how to return.”.Rev. Gregory Sakowicz, remembered his good friend and also classmate as a wonderful priest with a “missionary center who was very well suched as and also valued by his classmates.” Sakowicz also recollected that “Philip certainly never searched for the spotlight and always attempted to bring others right into the limelight.”.
Services on November 21.An additional buddy and classmate was actually Rev. Stanley Rataj. “He was among one of the most renowned participants of our training class as well as a true innovator,” Rataj mentioned.
He remembered Cleary’s zest for life as well as his charm claiming “he was a great friend to all and also lived an incredibly faithful and terrific lifestyle.”.All lasts rites will occur at St. Zachary Parish, 567 W. Algonquin Road in Des Plaines.
Visitation hours are going to be Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024, from 10 to 11 a.m. The funeral Mass will comply with at 11 a.m.
and will be actually celebrated by Bishop Hicks. A private interment will occur in all Saints Catholic Burial Site in Des Plaines.