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Show The Marriage Banns. The banns is simply the public annom-i-rn made by the priest at the parochial ma-- or' .-. tention of a man and woman to contract ni.ir:ia-r, with each oilier. The announcement is to ! ;ria.;0 on three successive days on which the faithrVl ar, bound to hoar mass, and bo so made even in !).,.. states where, as the law requires, the pnrties Lr.-o taken out a license When the parties hol.n 0 different parishes the publication of the barm- n;;;,r be made in both. The priest who would i:mrr.-parties i:mrr.-parties without first nuhiishing the bann- v. be guilty of a grievous sin. And no one r ihe bishop or his vicar can dispense from ti:.. ligation. And not even they, unless such rrriv..,, I be assigned for a dispensation as will satisfy tt;f.,K that the parties are not bound by law. If the banns were not published, many riages might turn out to he invalid. Either of ?!,.. parties might have a partner living. In that im,, the marriage, if attempted, would ho null and v. .;.. And in various other cases it would also he ;:r,; and void. Often the priest knows nothing nl...n; the parties and cannot say whether they are ui,):--ringeable or not. But some one who hear- 'ii,-banns 'ii,-banns my be aware of some reason why oven ,v 'the ministry of the priest the parties eann.r U-come U-come husband and wife. If so, such or.-"ii h bound, under pain of sin, to so report to the p-i c and ho. if ho bo requested, is bound to conee.-ii ;),- name of his informant.- i The law enjoining the publication of the h.-Min- ' i is not only a wise one. but a necessary one. and should be complied with in every case unlo' th1 ordinary; judges otherwise. Even should the p-;p-f have known both parties from infancy and ha l lml them over since constantly under his own watchful eye, he cannot marry them without first puhli-iiin their banns. And if the marriage bo nut contracted con-tracted within two months after the publication ..f ihe banns they have to be republished anew, unless un-less the ordinary decides otherwise. |