More than 100 people gathered to support one another in the 14th annual Suffolk County Homicide Survivor’s Breakfast.

“It’s been said many, many times perhaps in different ways that all of us are unwilling and involuntary members of the same club,” said Mark Lee, the chief of homicide at the Suffolk District Attorney’s office. “No one asked to be in this club, no one wants to be in this club, but we’re all in it. But it’s our club.

“And in our club we cherish, we support, we love and we’re brave,” he continued, “and that’s what makes this day so special.”

The members of that special club had breakfast Thursday morning at Florian Hall in Dorchester, where the same event was held last year. It was once again a show of community and fellowship to let those who have lost loved ones know that they are not alone.

“We recognize the healing process is complex and every survivor’s journey, no matter the span of time, is not the same,” Pastor Kim Odom of Roxbury’s True Vine Church said. “One size does not fit all.”

Suffolk DA Kevin Hayden told reporters following the breakfast that “this is one of our most important events of the year.”

Supporting survivors of violent crimes and reducing those crimes, he said, is “the cornerstone of all we do and this entire month is dedicated to homicide survivors and their loved ones they have lost. … Everything that we do centers around violence reduction.”

DA Kevin Hayden speaks at the Homicide survivors breakfast at Florian Hall. (Nancy Lane/Boston Herald)

People attend the Homicide survivors breakfast at Florian Hall. (Nancy Lane/Boston Herald)