«But I say unto thee, Thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church.»

Matthäus, 16,18

Dr. Marcus König

Dr. Marcus König was born in Vienna in 1973 and graduated in 1991. He first began to study technical physics, but soon recognised his vocation as a priest in the Roman Catholic Church. So, he entered the Vienna seminary in 1992 and studied theology in Vienna, graduating with very good results in 1997. In 1998 Marcus König was ordained deacon and in 1999 priest for the Archdiocese of Vienna.

Already during his time as a student, he got to know the «Focolare Movement» (fokolar-bewegung.de) through his friend Harald Mally and Marcus Piringer, and has been one of its sympathizer's ever since. In addition to his chaplaincy in Vienna - Aspern, he began his doctoral studies with Prof. DDr. Paul Zulehner in pastoral theology, which he completed in 2004.

In 2005 he became parish priest of Tullnerbach alongside his 4-year assistant position at the Institute for Practical Theology at the University of Vienna. In 2011 he also became parish priest of Purkersdorf. Since 2016, he has been the head of the newly founded pastoral area Wienerwald-Mitte and dean of the Purkersdorf deanery.

The year 2015 marked another significant turning point in the Founder's personal life, as he suddenly had a considerable fortune at his disposal due to the death of his father. In order to be able to sustainably do good in the spirit of Jesus and to help build small pieces of the Kingdom of God, he established this charitable foundation in 2019.

«But I say unto thee, Thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church.»

Matthäus, 16,18