The Crypt of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C., will be the site on Sunday when Bishop Thomas J. Wade, S.M., former Vicar Apostolic of the North Solomon Islands, ordains to the priesthood eleven young Marist seminarians.

Three of these young men are known in the Atlanta area, having grown up and attended school in this city. They are Fr. Patrick H. Mallinson, S.M., Fr. Walter A. Peacock, S.M., and Fr. Edward J. Whyte, S.M., Frs. Mallinson and Peacock, S.M., are native Atlantans; Fr. Whyte’s family has lived here since 1945.

PATRICK MALLINSON, the son of the late Chalrels A. Mallinson and Mrs. Mary Hayses Mallinson was born in 1936. He grew up in the West End area, attending St. Anthony’s parochial school through the 8^th grade.

In 1950, following the example of his uncle, Father Harry T. Hayes, S.M., then pastor of Sacred Heart in Atlanta, and his cousin, Father C.J. Biggers, S.M., Saint Joseph’s Church in Marietta, he entered the Marist preparatory seminary, St. Mary’s Manor at Penndel, Pa. After high school and junior college at St. Mary’s Manor, and a year of preparation at the Marist novitiate, Staten Island, N.Y., he pronounced his religious vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience in the Society of Mary on September 8, 1957.

In 1959, after two years at Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., Fr. Mallinson received his B.A. in philosophy. The past four years have been spent in the study of theology and scripture at Marist College, Washington, D.C.

In Washington for Fr. Mallinson’s ordination will be his mother; his brother Joe from St. Leo Abbey, Florida; his uncle, Fr. Harry Hayes, S.M.; his cousin, Fr. C. J. Biggers S.M., pastor of St. Joseph’s Church in Marietta; his sisters, Mrs. R. J. Head of Jacksonville, Fla., and Mrs. R.W. Todd and Mrs. C. L. Ellsberry, both of Atlanta.

Fr. Mallinson plans a trip to Atlanta in May to celebrate a Solemn High Mass of Thanksgiving with his family and friends in his home parish of St. Anthony’s before receiving his first assignment in the ministry.

WALTER PEACOCK, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter A. Peacock, Sr., of Sacred Heart Parish, was born in 1936. After grade school at Sacred Heart, he attended the old Marist on Ivy Street for three years, and in 1951 left Atlanta to begin his studies for the priesthood at St. Mary’s Manor, Pennedel, Pa.

He spent a year at the Marist novitiate on Staten Island, N.Y., and was professed a Marist on September 8, 1957. After two years of study at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., he received his B.A. in philosophy in 1959.

The last four years have been spent studying theology at Marist College in Washington and doing summer work in mathematics, physics, and chemistry at Catholic University. Father Peacock expects to return to Atlanta in May for a visit with his parents and his first Solemn High Mass at Sacred Heart Church.

Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Whyte and family were among the first parishioners to comprise the newly founded parish of St. Thomas More, with Father Thomas Sheehan as pastor. Father Whyte attended Sacred Heart School for two years.

In 1946, Father Whyte’s father died suddenly. Mrs. Whyte decided to take the family to Glasgow, Scotland, where both she and her husband were born. Returning again to this country in 1948, the family came to Atlanta and settled in Sacred Heart parish. For two years, Father was a Marist cadet and then decided to begin his studies for the priesthood, entering St. Mary’s in Pennsylvania.

His four years of high school and first two years of college were spent at St. Mary’s and in 1956 went to the Marist novitiate on Staten Island. He was professed on September 8, 1957. He received his B.A. in philosophy from the Catholic University of America.

For the last four years Father has been at Marist College, Washington, pursuing studies in theology and scripture. During summers, he has studied music and sociology at Catholic University. After the completion of his theological training in May of this year, Father Whyte will come to Atlanta to offer his first Solemn Mass in Sacred Heart Church.