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BOYCOTT

Concerted refusal for just reasons to patronize a certain business establishment and persuading others to join in this refusal. On Catholic principles a boycott is morally justifiable for the same reasons and on the same conditions as a strike.

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Tuesday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time; Vigil of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist

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Tomorrow is the Solemnity of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist. Observance of the solemnity begins with First Vespers (Evening Prayer I) in the Liturgy of the Hours on June 23, and a special Vigil Mass before or after First…

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