What is the purpose of DOTAC?
- Encourage ecumenical relationships among diaconal associations, sisterhoods and orders in North America, the Caribbean, Central America and South America.
- Strengthen a sense of community among associations, sisterhoods and orders.
- Reflect on the nature and task of diakonia in the Old and New Testament sense and to further the understanding of it.
- Provide a forum for discussion of issues of mutual concern.
- Render mutual assistance and undertake common tasks.