a) to promote Christian values; b) on a philanthropic basis, to promote and collaborate on fundraising, food, clothing and useful goods operations for people in need, to promote and collaborate on the construction of works that can serve nationally and internationally for people in need, humanitarian organizations, people in difficulty, to raise funds for the implementation of awareness campaigns against hunger, disease, epidemics, or to create and sell items for this purpose, in order to devote the net proceeds of sales to the aforementioned activities; c) on an ecumenical level, to promote and collaborate on encounters and actions aimed at bringing together religions, through dialogue and fraternity, peoples, different cultures, races and ethnicities, and all initiatives that can promote fraternity, mutual respect, in the just ethical duty of love towards the world; d) on a social level, by activating the internal will of the Order, to act and collaborate with other organizations sharing the same goals, whether in Switzerland or abroad, by providing the best possible contribution, with all possible commitment and availability, for the respect of Human Rights, for Peace in the World, for social equity, for the improvement of the sense of life of each of us; e) on a cultural level, by setting up training courses in the field of volunteering and health assistance, studies on social problems and integration, seminars, conferences and humanitarian meetings, promoting contacts for collaboration with national and international entities and organizations that, by reference to the preceding points, are sensitive and available to activate for the preparation and publication of articles and/or works and the dissemination of broadcasts through different media; f) to safeguard nature by working for the awareness and preservation of animal rights, flora, territory, hydrology and geology. Collaborate with organizations already active in these fields, facilitating the intervention of competent authorities as needed; g) to safeguard historical assets by promoting and collaborating with national and foreign organizations for the respect and preservation of works of historical and cultural importance, churches, monuments, works of art; h) to establish prizes and competitions, with the aim of awakening artistic and literary interest, particularly by favoring young promising artists, in the field of letters, theater, painting, sculpture, singing, poetry, dance or other traditional and modern arts, rewarding personalities and organizations active in the aforementioned fields.