Kevin Crowley OFM Cap., founder and director of the Capuchin Day Centre in Dublin prepares to retire from feeding and providing assistance to some of Ireland’s more disadvantaged people, he says after 50 years it’s sad to see people suffering hardship in 2022. Pope Francis with Br Kevin at the Capuchin Day Centre, Dublin, August 2018 (Vatican Media)By Lydia O’KaneWhen people in Dublin talk about the Capuchin Day Centre, the name Br. For over 50 years, this Capuchin Friar has become synonymous with helping the poor and homeless of the city. The Capuchin Day Centre provides hundreds of meals each day and over 1,500 food parcels each Wednesday to the homeless and poor of Dublin. When the director started the Capuchin Day Centre in 1969, he notes that there was the “problem of drink”.

Source: The Herald August 17, 2022 23:37 UTC