Girl Scouts receiving the Tekakwitha religious award in March 1964, were, from left, Elaine Feehan of St. Wendelin Roman Catholic Church in Butler, Cynthia Wellner of St. Paul in Butler, Jane Green of St. John in Coylesville, and Wendy Wilkins of St. Peter in Butler. Kateri Tekakwitha was a Native American who dedicated her life to prayer and care for the sick and aged. She was declared venerable by the Catholic Church in 1943, beatified in 1980 and canonized a saint in 2012.