Sister Maureen Hickey

Sr. Maureen Hickey of the Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary passed away suddenly at St. Luke’s Hospital in Newburgh, NY on Sunday, October 25, 2020, at the age of 62.      

Sr. Maureen was born on August 10, 1958, in Nutley, New Jersey, and entered the Sisters of the Presentation on June 19, 1999. She professed final vows on August 27, 2005. Sister graduated from Nutley High School, NJ. She earned a nursing diploma from Holy Name Hospital in Teaneck, NJ, a BSN from the University of Iowa College of Nursing, and an MPA in Healthcare Management from Seton Hall University in Orange, NJ.  After entering the congregation of the Sisters of the Presentation, she earned an MS in religious studies from Fordham University. 

Prior to entering the congregation of the Sisters of the Presentation, Sr. Maureen worked at Hackensack University Medical Center from 1986 to 2000.  After her novitiate, Sister worked as a Nursing Supervisor at Peninsula Center for Rehab and Extended Care in Far Rockaway, NY from 2002-2004.  She then worked as a Nurse in Charge and Administrator at Presentation Health Care Center in Leominster, MA from 2004-2019 where she cared for our aged and infirm sisters.  At the time of her death Sr. Maureen was working as an intake nurse for Hospice of Orange and Sullivan Counties in New York State.