Edith Langridge

However Bishop Talbot and Canon Charles Gore wanted her to lead a new "Sisterhood of the Epiphany" at Barishal[2] in what is now Bangladesh.

[3] In 1902, the Sisterhood of the Epiphany (SE) was formed at Barisal under the guidance of Father Edmund Linwood Strong to mirror the Brotherhood.

[2] In 1970 a parallel community to the Sisterhood of the Epiphany was founded for sisters of Bangladeshi nationality, named the Christa Sevika Sangha (CSS) (Handmaids of Christ), and in 1986 this order became independent.

[6] The foundress, Sr Susila SE, left the Sisterhood of the Epiphany to become the first Mother Superior CSS, an office she held until her death on 16 May 2011.

[7] At the same time another sister (Sr Leonore SE) transferred to the Community of St. Francis in order to follow the Franciscan Rule.

By the early 1990s only three SE sisters remained, and they left Bangladesh (where their work is continued by CSS) and returned to England, taking up residence at Ditchingham with the Community of All Hallows.