Br Kevin Takes Final Vows in Waterford.

Congregation Leader, Br Martin Kenneally, congratulates Br Kevin after he makes his Final Profession in Waterford on Saturday.

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Br Kevin lies prostrate in the chapel at Mount Sion.

Br. Kevin has been living in Ireland for the past five years and is the director of the Information and Support Unit for asylum seekers, refugees and immigrants in Waterford which has some 1000 clients.

“Little did I ever think as I grew up in Karachi in Pakistan that one day I would end up as a Presentation Brother thousands of miles away in Waterford! I met the Brothers in Canada, worked with them in the West Indies, did my novitiate in Dublin and now I’m making my final vows in Waterford- the city in which the Brothers were founded. Today, I want to thank them – they have allowed me to become the person that I always hoped that I could become.”

Br. Kevin made his vows in the presence of Br. Martin Kenneally, the Congregation Leader of the Presentation Brothers. Speaking during the ceremony, Br. Martin said that “on an ordinary Saturday morning in Waterford something extraordinary is happening in this chapel. Br. Kevin’s strange and wonderful choice is a sign of hope that God is doing something new among us.”

This weekend’s final profession comes at a time when vocations in Ireland are on a ten year high. Figures released in August revealed that the numbers entering seminary were at the highest level since 1999.

Kiss for Uncle Kevin- Natasha Mascarenhas, Kevin's niece congratulates her uncle after the Profession ceremony.

Br Kevin kneels during his Final Profession. Fr Mike Serrage, MSC, and Br Martin Kenneally, Congregation Leader, are pictured on the right.