Clare: Ennis Cathedral Choir with Michael Crimmins, Michael Collins, Michael Cullinan, between them they have served the choir for 150 years.

Wexford: Acclaimed author Eoin Colfer opens the new library at Barntown National School. Pupils, Board Chairman Fr John Carroll, Principal Louisa O Brien and Parents’ Council Chairperson Niamh Doyle are pictured.

Dublin: Archbishop Diarmuid Martin was the principal celebrant at Mass in St Patrick’s College Drumcondra for the opening of the Academic Year. He is pictured with students and staff from St Paul’s College in Raheny: Ms Pamela Mc Loughlin, Jack Welsh, Reece Scully-Long, Ben Murphy Zack Power and Ms Mary Curran. Photo: John McElroy

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.