BROTHER Kevin Crowley, the founder of the Capuchin Day Centre for Homeless People in Dublin City, has passed away aged 90.
The esteemed humanitarian died in the early hours of this morning in the “wonderful care” of staff at Mount Desert Nursing Home in Co Cork.
Brother Kevin was a Capuchin Friar who devoted his life to supporting people living in poverty and in food need.
He founded the Capuchin Day Centre on Bow Street in Dublin in 1969 after he found several people eating food out of bins on the street.
His wish was to make a change and help others.
Now, the centre provides over 1,000 hot meals each day, more than 1,450 food parcels each week, clothing and day care facilities for people who are homeless and in need.
Brother Kevin said the most important daily concern was the dignity and respect of each person availing of the services provided by the Centre.
A notice on the Capuchin Franciscans’ website this afternoon reads: “With great sadness we announce the death of our Capuchin confrere, Brother Kevin Crowley OFM Cap.
“Brother Kevin died early this morning (02 July 2025) in the wonderful care of Mount Desert Nursing Home in Cork.
“He was known throughout the country and beyond as a Brother to the poor, particularly through his work in the Capuchin Day Centre for Homeless People which he founded on Bow Street, Dublin in 1969.
“Through his ministry and life as a Capuchin Friar, Brother Kevin opened his heart and his hands to serve those most in need.”
Brother Kevin returned to his native west Cork in 2022, after spending 53 years of his life serving the community in Dublin.
And reflecting on the over five decades the service was run, the only regret of Brother Kevin was that the centre and its services are still needed in the city.
