Ade Bethune
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| Ade Bethune | |
| Born | Adélaide de Bethune January 12, 1914 Schaerbeek, Belgium |
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| Died | May 1, 2002 Portsmouth, Rhode Island |
| Burial place | Portsmouth Abbey, Portsmouth, Rhode Island |
| Other names | A. de Bethune |
| Education | Cooper Union |
| Occupation | artist |
| Known for | woodcuts in The Catholic Worker |
| Religious beliefs | Roman Catholic |
| Parents | Gaston and Marthe de Bethune |
Ade Bethune 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.[1]
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[edit] Early Career
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'.
[edit] Terra Sancta Guild
Beginning in the 1960's, she was the artistic director of the Terra Sancta Guild, a commercial firm that produced religious art works for many Christian denominations.
[edit] Social Activism
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 elderly, particularly the poor elderly. In 1969, she founded the Church Community Housing Corporation in Newport County, Rhode Island, to design and build housing. In 1991 she founded 'Star of the Sea' to renovate a former Carmelite convent into an intentional community and state of the art housing for the elderly, where she lived at her death in 2002.
[edit] Artistic Works
- Crucifix, St. Paulinus Parish, Clairton, Pennsylvania
- Design of St. Leo Church in St. Paul, Minnesota, including revival of a central altar
- Altar chapel and stained glass oculus at the Chapel + Cultural Center at Rensselaer
[edit] Biography
Judith Stoughton: Proud Donkey of Schaerbeek: Ade Bethune, Catholic Worker Artist St. Cloud, Minnesota, North Star Press of St. Cloud, 1988 ISBN 0878390510
On-line short biography.[1]
James A. Merolla Where are they now? Ade Bethune, Catholic Worker Artist [2]
Information from the Catholic Worker [3]
[edit] Sources
The Ade Bethune Collection [4]
[edit] References
- ^ Gneuhs, Geoffrey. "The Art of the Worker The Catholic Worker" LXXV (3 May, 2008): 6.
| Persondata | |
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| NAME | Ade Bethune |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Adélaide de Bethune |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Catholic Worker artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 12, 1914 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brussels |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 1, 2002 |
| PLACE OF DEATH | Newport, Rhode Island |
