Purpose: The Corporation is established for the following objectives:

(i) To promote among healthcare professionals high standards of religious, social, and ethical ideals and practices;

(ii) To promote and provide instruction in the science of ethics, particularly in the systematic application of ethical principles to concrete healthcare issues;

(iii) To promote the intellectual and spiritual welfare of its members;

(iv) To safeguard the legal and moral rights of all people, all in a manner consistent with the Magisterium of the Roman Catholic Church as enunciated by the Holy Father and the Bishops in communion with him. In this regard, the Corporation shall rely upon the authoritative teaching of the Roman Catholic Bishop of Manchester, New Hampshire.