Police and Fire Family Gathering – January 22nd @ 5 PM. MDFR – FCPO – FCPO Canada
Happy New Year again!
I am super excited to share that on January 22nd, we will be hosting our first ever Police and Fire Family Gathering. We will have food, worship and a special gift with limited quantities, and we will be doing our annual blessing of the badge. MDFR Lt. Alex Trinchet will be leading the blessing of the badge and Sgt. Mario Rojo (Ret.) will be leading the blessing of the families.
Aside from the blessing of the badge and the families, Mario Gonzalez (Ret.) Miami-Dade Fire Dept will be sharing a short message about “Inner Tension” and Dino Doria (Ret.) Toronto Police dept will be sharing a short message about “Perfect Peace through Trials and Conflict.” You can find their respective bios at the end of this email.
Please share with and invite any firefighter or police officer you may know who is active or retired. This night will be a night of many blessings for officers, firefighters, and their families.
We will have tables outside for you to eat and we will space out the chairs for those of you who would like to maintain social distancing. Please register using the link below so that we can give you a ticket for the food and the special gift. We will be giving one gift for each family registered:
Registration link: https://forms.gle/nfT9hBBdfNKJzWig6
I hope to see all of you there!
Humbled to serve,
Jorge
If you want to make love known, you must love the way He loves you ~ Jorge Alessandri
I am a small piece of a broken mirror reflecting something Great. ~ Jorge Alessandri
Mario J Gonzalez
Struggle Well First Responder Initiative
Boulder Crest Foundation
Mario Gonzalez was hired by Miami-Dade Fire Rescue (MDFR) in August of 1992. In his 27 years at MDFR, Mario has been an agent of hope and change both inside and outside the Department. For 25 years alongside his wife Jean, and his three children, Jordan, Julianne and James, the Gonzalez family lived on the Campus of His House Children’s Home, an organization founded and directed by his wife Jean. During their time at His House, over 10,000 children, inclusive of the over 500 evacuated orphans due to the devastating earthquake in Haiti, passed through their doors.
As a firefighter, Mario served honorably as a tailboard in some of the busiest houses in the County. He was officially recognized as a Chaplain in January 2011. He was instrumental in the creation of the Department’s Critical Incident and Chaplaincy Peer Support Teams, designing programs with the focus on peer support, training, and educational awareness of firefighter mental health issues.
Det. Dino Doria MSc (Ret.)
Dino Doria served in the Canadian Military as a Field Medical Assistant and has over 40 years of law enforcement and security auditing experience. He is a Toronto Police Service retired Detective and trained First Responders with FLETC across the US. He is a University of Guelph – Humber Justice Studies program full time Professor – Justice Studies Program, and one of the founding members of FCPO – Canada. Currently, he is FCPO Ontario Director & Retiree Toronto Police Chaplain.