Ade Bethune (January 12, 1914 - May 1, 2002) was a Catholic liturgical artist. She was associated with the Catholic Worker Movement, and designed an early masthead of its publication, the Catholic Worker, first used in 1935. She later re-designed this is 1985, replacing one of the men with a woman.
Ade volunteered her illutrations to improve the quality of the Catholic Worker when she was a nineteen year old art student, impressed with the work o...
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Ade Bethune (January 12, 1914 - May 1, 2002) was a Catholic liturgical artist. She was associated with the Catholic Worker Movement, and designed an early masthead of its publication, the Catholic Worker, first used in 1935. She later re-designed this is 1985, replacing one of the men with a woman.
Ade volunteered her illutrations to improve the quality of the Catholic Worker when she was a nineteen year old art student, impressed with the work of Dorothy Day. This was preparation for her later illustration for Catholic liturgical works such as 'My Sunday Missal' in 1937, and similar works such as 'My Lenten Missal'.
Beginning in the 1960s, she was the artistic director of the Terra Sancta Guild, a commercial firm that produced religious art works for many Christian denominations.
Ade was first interested in the Catholic Worker Movement's work with hospitality for the poor. She continued this interest throughout her life, and became interested in the issue of providing housing for the...
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