'KEVIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR GOOD EXAMPLE'

Life of poor & homeless champion celebrated at funeral

- BY CILLIAN SHERLOCK

BROTHER Kevin Crowley had a simple mission to feed and house the poor, his funeral service was told yesterday.

Brother Kevin, who died on Wednesday aged 90, founded the Capuchin Day Centre in Dublin in 1969, in response to seeing homeless men eating from rubbish bins.

Throughout its 56-year history, he oversaw much of its development in response to the needs of homeless people.

The centre offers two hot meals per day Monday to Saturday, as well as food parcels and a range of services including clothing, showering facilities, and medical interventions.

It provides more than 1,000 hot breakfasts and dinners each day.

Brother Kevin was said to be grateful to be awarded the Freedom of the City of Dublin in 2015 and for the visit of Pope Francis to the centre in August 2018.

RETIRED

He retired in 2022 to his home city Cork and it was on Leeside where he died earlier this week.

His funeral took place at St Mary of the Angels on Church Street in Dublin yesterday.