.The. Rev Philip C. Cleary.
Photograph courtesy of NPH Mu00e9xico.The Rev. Philip C. Cleary, resigned clergyman of the Archdiocese of Chicago and also past associate minister of Our Lady of Great Advise Parish on Hermitage Avenue in Chicago’s McKinley Playground area, passed away Sunday, Nov.
3, 2024, at the age of 71, in Mexico. Cleary was actually born on Sept. 5, 1953, in Chicago.
He attended Quigley Preparatory Academy in Chicago, Niles University of Loyola Educational Institution as well as the Educational Institution of St. Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Academy in Mundelein. Cleary was ordained to the priesthood on Might 9, 1979, by Cardinal John Cody, and he celebrated his first solemn Mass on Might thirteen of the exact same year at St.
Jerome Parish in Chicago. He then acted as associate minister at St. Boniface Church on Royalty Road in Chicago and also Our Woman of Excellent Guidance Parish.From 1982 to 1984, Cleary acted as president of the Affiliation of Chicago Priests and was selected to the National Alliance of Priests’ Councils Exec Board in 1983.Nuestros Pequeu00f1os Hermanos.It was during this time around that Cleary discovered Rev.
William B. Wasson as well as his purpose at Nuestros Pequeu00f1os Hermanos (NPH), a not-for-profit organization that focuses on boosting the lifestyles of orphaned as well as left youngsters in Latin United States and also the Caribbean. Cleary’s preliminary planning was actually to volunteer for one summertime at NPH’s major home in Mexico yet “he rapidly felt phoned call to keep past his three-month phrase, plunging into what ended up being a long term dedication to the little ones of NPH,” the NPH web site stated.
Cleary provided for many years as National Supervisor of NPH Mexico just before coming to be corporate supervisor of NPH International. He dwelled at NPH’s major house in Miacatlu00e1n, Morelos, Mexico, where he devoted his lifestyle to the institution’s goal and also the children. He then ended up being pastor for the Diocese of Cuernavaca in Mexico and resigned in 2023.Lifestyle Along With Great Devotion.Bishop Ronald Hicks, head of the Diocese of Joliet and also among Cleary’s closest friends, keeps in mind Cleary as a mentor, good example and also pal who “resided life with fantastic devotion.” Just before getting in the College of St.
Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Seminary, Hicks spent a year in Mexico offering services for some of NPH’s homes in Mexico.” He (Cleary) certainly not only supplied religious advice but also an actual devotion to the goal of enhancing the youngsters’s lives,” Hicks pointed out. Genuine Affection and Company.” Due to seeing his priesthood and just how he resided it, he motivated me to enter the priesthood on my own.” Hicks carried on that “over times, countless kids have actually benefitted from his affection and also dedication he adhered to concepts of unconditional passion as well as service, ensuring that the kids increased in the home were not only receivers yet discovered just how to give back.”.Rev. Gregory Sakowicz, remembered his buddy as well as schoolmate as a terrific priest along with a “missionary center that was very well suched as and recognized by his classmates.” Sakowicz also recalled that “Philip never ever looked for the spotlight and consistently attempted to deliver others into the limelight.”.
Services on November 21.One more buddy and also schoolmate was Rev. Stanley Rataj. “He was one of one of the most respected members of our lesson and also an accurate innovator,” Rataj claimed.
He recalled Cleary’s passion permanently and also his charm saying “he was actually a fast friend to all and resided an incredibly trustworthy and also terrific lifestyle.”.All lasts rites will occur at St. Zachary Parish, 567 W. Algonquin Street in Des Plaines.
Visitation hours will be Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024, coming from 10 to 11 a.m. The funeral Mass will comply with at 11 a.m.
and also is going to be celebrated through Diocesan Hicks. A private interment will certainly take place in any way Saints Catholic Cemetery in Des Plaines.