Wedding Question

[lemerjoe]

So you know the part of the wedding where the priest says something like “If anyone has a reason to why these to people should not be wed speak now or forever hold your peace”? What if there was that one person who actually did have an objection? What would happen in this hypothetical situation?

 

[Gorgias]

Well, that isn’t really a Catholic tradition. Instead, we have the publication of the ‘banns of marriage’ or something equivalent. I remember, as a kid years ago, seeing them in the bulletin all the time – three notices during weeks leading up to the wedding. The idea was that, if you saw a name mentioned and knew of a problem, you’d go to see the parish priest.

 

[midori]

I believe that’s from the Book of Common Prayer, so that would be an Anglican/Episcopalian phrase.

The Catholic vows are here.

As far as what would happen… you could always read Jane Eyre.

 

[marytk]

I believe that’s from the Book of Common Prayer, so that would be an Anglican/Episcopalian phrase.

The Catholic vows are here.

As far as what would happen… you could always read Jane Eyre.

Or watch soap operas.

I think one reason for publishing the Banns is so that if there is an objection, someone will say something BEFORE the wedding day.

I went to two non Catholic famlly weddings this year and they did not say it in either of them either. That line is REAL big in Hollywood

 

[1ke]

So you know the part of the wedding where the priest says something like “If anyone has a reason to why these to people should not be wed speak now or forever hold your peace”?

That is not part of the wedding.

That is the purpose of the banns.

What if there was that one person who actually did have an objection? What would happen in this hypothetical situation?

If someone raises an objection upon the posting of the banns, the objection is investigated as part of the premarital investigation.

 

[Sarabande]

As others have mentioned, it is not part of the Catholic ceremony and that is what the banns of marriage are for. I’ve rarely heard it at ceremonies of other denominations, either, when I’ve been hired as a musician for them.