It is located off Rue Marcel Lecomte on a hill in the district of Wépion in Namur, overlooking the River Meuse.

Named after Robert Bellarmine, it was a residence for the training of Jesuits who would study at the Université de Namur.

[3] From 1935 to 1971, as part of the training for Jesuit missionaries in India, an Indological course, which included the teaching of Sanskrit was taught there.

[5] In 1999, the Sisters of Saint Andrew moved into a house called Béthanie, which was once a farmhouse at La Pairelle.

[5] On 25 September 2022 it celebrated fifty years as a retreat centre with a Mass presided by the Bishop of Namur, Pierre Warin.