USA: Volunteers with the Archdiocese of Miami’s missions office inspect the grounds at the Church of St Peter the Fisherman in Florida’s Big Pine Key. Hit hard by Hurricane Irma, the church has been deemed unusable and is expected to be rebuilt.

MEXICO: A man carries a statue of St Jude during a September 28 Mass outside Mexico City’s St Hippolytus Church following the city’s earthquake. The 28th of each month is set aside in parts of Mexico to celebrate the life of the patron saint of difficult and impossible causes.

CANADA: Bishop Lionel Gendron of Saint-Jean-Longueuil, Quebec, pictured during a news conference, has been elected president of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops. He will serve a two-year term.

BRITAIN: A man unveils Mother Joanna Jamieson’s mural of Venerable Magdalen Taylor at the Kairos Centre in London.

VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis poses with a group of dancers from Mexico during his general audience in St Peter’s Square.

BANGLADESH: Rohingya refugees from Myanmar wait to receive aid at a camp in Cox’s Bazar. Immigrants and refugees need to be respected and assisted, not treated like an enemy, a panel said during a news conference at the Vatican launching the Caritas ‘Share the Journey’ campaign.

Almost 50 parishioners from Our Lady Queen of Peace in Bray travelled to Lourdes. For the last 17 years Ed and Bernadette Byrne have organised the pilgrimage.

St. Patrick’s Church, Newport, Co. Mayo was built by John Sisk & Son 100 year ago. Family members of of John Sisk and Son Ltd at Newport church, from L/R Owen Sisk, Stephen Bowcott, CEO of John Sisk & Son, Thomas O’Connell, Hal Sisk and JP Sisk. Pic: Michael Mc Laughlin

Lourdes: Oblates Youth Service recently return from a “brilliant pilgrimage” with 79 young volunteers.