The Rev. Mr. Matthew Robbins will be ordained to the priesthood by the Most Rev. Paul J. Hallinan, Archbishop of Atlanta, at the Cathedral of Christ the King on May the eleventh at 10 a.m.

Born May 17, 1940 in Brooklyn, the Rev. Mr. Robbins is the son of Mrs. Blanche M. Robbins and the late Mr. Robbins. The family lives now at 233 Second Street, Conemaugh, Pennsylvania.

Reverend Mr. Robbins received his elementary education at Assumption and Sacred Heart Schools in Conemaugh, Pa. He is a graduate of Bishop McCort High School in Johnstown, Pa., and his college and theological studies were done at the Pontifical College Josephinum in Worthington, Ohio.

As a seminarian he helped out in 1964 at St. Mary’s Parish in Rome, Ga., and in connection with the archdiocesan deacon summer program he was assigned to Sacred Heart Church in Atlanta, and did counseling and visitation work at St. Joseph’s Infirmary.

The first Solemn Mass will be in the Church of the Sacred Heart, Conemaugh, Pa. The pastor of the parish, Rev. Francis E. Kelly, will be the archpriest. Other officers of the Mass will be the Very Rev. Harold Burkhardt of Worthington, Ohio as deacon; and the subdeacon will be the Rev. James B. Picchiarini of Scottdale, Pa. The sermon will be preached by the Rev. James J. McWilliam, S.J., of Worthington, Ohio.

The day following his ordination, on May 12th, Father Robbins will offer a Mass of Thanksgiving in the chapel of St. Joseph’s Infirmary.