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.

Front Entrance, and Front and Rear Courtyards of the present Maison-Mère
 95 Rue de Sèvres, Paris

The Body of St Vincent de Paul lies in a silver reliquary above the main altar in the chapel of the Maison-Mère.  Access to the Chapel, which is open to the public, is immediately to the left after going through  the front entrance of  95 Rue de Sèvres.  The Chapel, with access to the reliquary,  is open seven days a week, from 7.00am till 6.30 pm. 

Left: Interior of the Chapel

Right: The Body of Vincent de Paul