Sanctuary for Sacred Arts is dedicated to the following core objectives:
- Exhibition — Exhibiting Western Oregon Catholic High School student art on the Sanctuary for Sacred Arts website.
- Ecumenical Promotion — Advancing interfaith understanding and cooperation through the arts.
- Institutional Collaboration — Working in partnership with various religious visual arts centers.
- Inclusive Curation — Curating a collection of sacred art and architecture from all faiths in the spirit of Vatican II.
- Digital Archive — Establishing an online archive of sacred and liturgical art and architecture.
- Artist Support — Sponsoring student artists in Catholic High Schools through grants to visual arts departments.