A page on the Maison-Mère (Mother House) of the Congregation of the Mission at 95 Rue de Sèvres, Paris has been added to Australian Vincentian site at: http://www.vincentians.org.au/vinhermmere.htm
The first home of the Congregation of the Mission was the College des Bons Enfants in Paris. When Vincent de Paul and his confreres moved to the Priory of St Lazare (in the area near the present Gare du Nord in Paris), the Priory became the Maison-Mère or Mother House of the Congregation. St Lazare was sacked at the time of the French Revolution, and eventually the property was lost to the Vincentians.
In 1817, in reparation for the loss of St Lazare, the Congregation of the Mission was given the former Hôtel de Lorges at 95 Rue de Sèvres, Paris (6th Arrondissement). This then became the Maison-Mère of the Congregation.
When the International Administration of the Congregation moved to Rome, the House in the Rue de Sèvres continued to be known as the Maison-Mère of the Congregation of the Mission.
