At the Capuchin Day Centre on Bow Street in Dublin, there are fond memories of when the popemobile made its way up the narrow road in August 2018.
Hundreds of homeless and marginalised people are fed twice daily at the centre and volunteers also make up food parcels to hand out to those in need.
Two volunteers, Mary and Kay, had just finished the very busy lunch service, where more than 800 people were fed.
Mary remembered the day Pope Francis came to visit.
"We lined up, we got dressed up, it was a great atmosphere."
Kay said people were "over the moon, especially Brother Kevin".
Mary said it was wonderful to have the Pope visit.
"We need those things in our life to give us a lift, to have good people come to talk to us."
Kay said it was very special to be so close to the Pope, adding that they were "in about 10 feet of him".
Watch: Brother Kevin welcomes Pope Francis to the Capuchin Day Centre in 2018
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Inside the day centre, manager Alan Bailey pointed out the photos of Pope Francis's visit, which he said was a secret for months before.
"We were afraid of our lives it would get out."
He described how eighty clients of the Capuchin Day Centre won a draw to be there when Pope Francis visited.
It was, he said, a "sight you will never forget, the Pope going around putting his arm around people posing for selfies; really a great day for everyone".
Alan said one of the service users said to him: "if I wasn't homeless I would never have met the Pope".
He said yesterday morning there was an "unbelievable silence" among the approximately 100 clients who were in the centre when news came through of Pope Francis's death.
Alan said all those at the Capuchin Day Centre are sad at his passing.
"His visit here meant an awful lot to us."
And as for the future, Alan Bailey said his hope is that whenever the next Pope visits, there will be no need for a service like the one in the middle of Bow Street, in Dublin's inner city.
