Confiteri: Remembrances for January

Hello everyone. If you have time, please pray for these members of the Southern family on the day they reposed. Many thanks.

But one may ask: ‘What good does it do to pray for the departed?’ An answer is offered here: https://orthochristian.com/130608.html

Along with prayers and hymns for the departed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6je5axPodI

Jan. 1^st

Francois Valcour Aimé, one of Louisiana’s noblest sons.

https://64parishes.org/entry/valcour-aime

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6679407/francois-gabriel-aime/photo

Jan. 3^rd

Rev Robert Lewis Dabney, an influential leader in the South both behind and outside of the pulpit.

https://www.abbevilleinstitute.org/review/dabney-on-fire/

Jan. 4^th

Gen Francis T. Nichols, a Confederate general in the War between the States who lost an arm and a foot defending his homeland. After the unpleasantness came to an end, he became a reforming governor in his home State of Louisiana, waging another mighty battle - this time against the corrupt Louisiana Lottery. He later sat on the bench of the Louisiana Supreme Court.

https://64parishes.org/entry/francis-t-nicholls

http://www.la-cemeteries.com/Governors/Nicholls,%20Francis%20T/Nicholls,%20Francis%20T.shtml

Jan. 8^th

Prof Thomas Landess, a recent defender of Southern ways.

https://theimaginativeconservative.org/author/thomas-landess

https://www.abbevilleinstitute.org/blog/author/thomas-h-landess/

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/jan/13/tom-landess-rip/

Jan. 28^th

Zora Neale Hurston, Alabama-born and Florida-raised, she played a leading role in the Harlem Renaissance and was a prolific writer.

https://www.zoranealehurston.com/about/

Also, to celebrate some of the saints of January from the South’s Christian inheritance of various lands, follow this link on over if you’d like:

https://confiterijournal.blogspot.com/2020/01/happy-feast-for-saints-of-january.html