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“Lean into the wind” could be considered the unofficial motto for the Carmelite Sisters of the Most Sacred Heart of Los Angeles, which two women born and raised in South Dakota now call home.

It’s a lovely phrase. What it means to those who have joined the order also is lovely. “It’s been used in our community especially the last few years,” says Sister Gianna Heinemann, a Flandreau native.

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By: Carl Kozlowski …The sisters [have] burst forth in song and recorded CDs of praise and worship, music ranging in style from traditional chants to contemporary-sounding tunes….according to Sister Timothy Marie, the community’s media outreach leader, the CD [Lean into the Wind] is in perfect tune with the times in which we live.

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