• Carry out research, explain and disseminate the teaching of St Thomas Aquinas
• Encourage interaction between faith and reason, and foster increasing dialogue between the sciences, philosophy, and theology
• Encourage research into the work and thought of St Thomas Aquinas and recognise excellence in Thomistic philosophy and theology
• Stimulate international and ecumenical interaction between scholars of St Thomas Aquinas
• Enable Christian educational institutions (Universities, seminars…) to benefit from advances in academic research on Saint Thomas
• Further the role of Thomistic thought in society