Sister Mary Eileen entered eternal life on May 2, 2026. She made her final profession of vows with the Dominican Sisters Congregation of Hope in 1963, before transferring to the Dominican Sisters, Congregation of St. Rose, in 2022
Sr. Mary Eileen Duffy entered eternal life peacefully on May 2, 2026, at 10:55 a.m. at Rosary Hill Home in Hawthorne.
She was born on January 28, 1930, to Edward P. Duffy and Eleanor (Powers) Duffy. She is survived by a niece. She entered the Dominican Sisters Congregation of Hope in Newburgh on September 8, 1958. She made her final profession of vows on August 21, 1963, and served in many capacities for the Congregation.
In January 2022 she requested a transfer to the Dominican Sisters, Congregation of St. Rose of Lima in Hawthorne and professed her final vows after three years of probation on February 2, 2025.
She will be received at the Chapel of Our Lady of the Rosary at Rosary Hill Home in Hawthorne on Monday, May 4, at 3:30 p.m. A wake will follow until 8 p.m. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:15 a.m. on Tuesday, May 5, and interment will be at Gate of Heaven Cemetery in Hawthorne.