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Only in Print – Bishop DiMarzio: Sandy Taught Hard Lessons, but Brooklyn and Queens Responded Well

Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio (right) speaks with members of Catholic Charities of Brooklyn and Queens response team at St. Francis de Sales Church in Belle Harbor six days after the storm hit the area. (Photos: The Tablet archives)

BREEZY POINT — Nearly 20 major storms marked the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season, and the Diocese of Brooklyn spent much of the summer conducting special collections for some of the relief efforts.

Little did Bishop Emeritus Nicholas DiMarzio know that in the final days of that season, parishes in the diocese would…


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