Ade Bethune was an American Catholic liturgical artist.
10 Facts About Ade Bethune
Ade Bethune was associated with the Catholic Worker Movement, and designed an early masthead of its publication, the Catholic Worker, first used in 1935.
Ade Bethune later re-designed this in 1985, replacing one of the men with a woman.
Ade Bethune is buried at Portsmouth Abbey, Portsmouth, Rhode Island.
Ade Bethune was she was inducted into the Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame in 1990.
Ade Bethune emigrated with the family after World War I Her mother Marthe was daughter of Viscount Terlinden.
Ade Bethune volunteered her illustrations to improve the quality of the Catholic Worker when she was a nineteen-year-old art student, impressed with the work of Dorothy Day.
De Bethune worked closely with Graham Carey and with the Catholic Art Association, founded in 1937 by Sister Esther Newport.
Ade Bethune was interested in the Catholic Worker Movement's work with hospitality for the poor when she was an art student.
Ade Bethune continued this interest throughout her life, and became interested in the issue of providing housing for the elderly, particularly the poor elderly.