Banns of Marriage are the ecclesiastical announcement of the names of persons contemplating marriage. Its object is to discover any impediments to a proposed marriage; incidentally, it makes known to all duly interested in the latter the fact of its near celebration.
In order to check the increase of clandestine marriages, the Council of Trent decreed that before the celebration of any marriage the names of the contracting parties should be announced publicly in the church during the solemninzation of Mass, by their own parish priest on three consecutive Holy Days. The parish priest announces in an audible voice, usually before or after the sermon, for each of the contracting parties the baptismal and family name, names of parents, place of residence. It also should be stated whether the actual proclamation is the first, second, or third, and whether there will be a dispensation from further publications. The priest adds that a serious obligation rests on everyone to reveal to him any known impediment to the proposed marriage. The parish priest is expected to keep a record or register of all publications of banns made by him, also the certificates of publications made at his request in other parishes, the fact and consequences of which he is entitled to know.
The banns of marriage of Praveen and Annette will be announced in their respective parish churches viz., Our Lady of Help, Manacaud, Thiruvananthapuram and St. Marys Basilica, Kochi on 6, 13 and 20th of April 2008
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