Early Years and Formation
Franz was the son of Franz Ehrle, a physician, and Berta von Frölich. He was educated at the Stella Matutina (Jesuit School) in Feldkirch. He joined the Society of Jesus the 29 September 1861. He followed the course of humanities at the College of Friedricksburg, Münster and later at Maria Laach Abbey in Germany where he studied philosophy (1865–1868). From 1868-1873 Ehrle was at Stella Matutina, where he taught, English, French and Philosophy. Because of an anti-Jesuit policy that followed the publication of the Kulturkampf in Germany, Ehrle, along with other German companions, had to carry on his studies abroad. He did his theology at Ditton Hall, Liverpool, England (1873–1877).
After being ordained priest on 24 September 1876 in Liverpool he did pastoral work in a home for the poor at Preston (England), before moving to Tervuren, Belgium (1878) where the German Jesuit periodical Stimmen aus Maria-Laach (in exile) had established its office.
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