Taos, NM
Goldstar's Animals Helping People

The St. James Episcopal Pets and People - Blessing of the Animals Service, is held monthly in Taos.

This is an excerpt from a church letter drafted for the February, 2008 service:

Pets and People

St. James Episcopal Church

208 Camino De Santiago
Taos, NM 87571
(575) 758-2790

We are so excited to have special visitors at our Pet’s and People service February 17.  Goldstar Animals Helping People, Inc. will honor us with a visit from their dogs.  Goldstar is a non-profit corporation licensed in the state of New Mexico. The mission of Goldstar Animals Helping People is to improve the quality of life for the residents of northern New Mexico through a therapeutic program which includes services and activities promoting human/animal interaction.

Handlers take their Delta Society registered dogs to nursing homes, schools, the library, hospice settings, family and children counseling, and court interviews with children and participate in the R.E.A.D. program.  

The following photos, taken by Laura Robb of Taos, NM, are from the St. James Episcopal Blessing of the Animals, during their February 2008 Service.

The St. James Blessing of the Animals service, February 17, 2008  Pictured on the left is Martha Stewart, a Great Pyrenees with Judith Stroh Miller, and a Golden Retriever with Sandra Miller on the right.  The other dog's name is not known.

Martha Stewart, a Great Pyrenees, with Judith Stroh Miller, at the St. James service, February 17, 2008

Shiloh, the Golden Retriever with Sandra Miller.  Martha Stewart, the Great Pyrenees, just can't hide.

The pastor blesses Martha Stewart, the Great Pyrenees, during the February service.