To establish an archive center for long-term preservation of the rich history of women religious and their sponsored ministries through partnership and collaboration of congregations of women religious and Saint Mary’s College;
 

To tell inspirational stories of women reaching out globally to the poor and vulnerable and shaping education, healthcare, and pastoral services. The center includes primary source material in the archive collections that ground the heritage exhibits and programs;
 

To make accessible the proactive, relevant and robust holdings for the support of academic scholarship and research that honor the past and engage in the future by providing models of innovation, community development, management and leadership;
 

To influence women to become voices of change in the global effort to provide sustainable human development services; and
 

To provide assistance to meet the current and capital needs of any qualified, tax-exempt organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and a corporation, contributions to which are deductible under Section 170(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (or the corresponding provisions of any future United States Internal Revenue Law).