Thomas Aquinas College invited the president of The Heritage Foundation, Kevin Roberts, to speak at its 2025 commencement on May 24. Roberts is the “architect of Project 2025.” I believe that Roberts’ values, and the objectives of his Project 2025, are antithetical to those of the Catholic Church. I think the college is a good school with a challenging curriculum. The students that I’ve met have been polite, respectful, and inquisitive. I hope that Kevin Roberts’ invitation was an aberration, and not an indication of a shift in policy. I suspect that some students — and the pope — might agree.

I will be sending the pope this letter. You can use this as a template for your own letter. It costs less than $2 for an international stamp at the post office. The more letters the pope receives regarding this matter, the better.

His Holiness Pope Leo XIV Vatican City. Your Holiness, Thomas Aquinas College professes to be a Roman Catholic college, and claims that 10% of its alumni enter the priesthood or religious life in the church. The college has a campus in Northfield, Massachusetts. Yesterday, May 24, Thomas Aquinas held its 2025 commencement. Many town residents were dismayed to learn that the commencement speaker was Kevin Roberts, who is president of The Heritage Foundation, and the “architect of Project 2025.” I was raised Catholic, and I don’t believe that Kevin Roberts or Project 2025 promote values that the church espouses. Will you please provide guidance to the administration of the college on this matter? The president of the college in California is: Paul J. O’Reilly, 10,000 Ojai Road, Santa Paula, CA 93060 805-525-4417. The dean of the college in New England is: Steven Cain, 231 Main Street, Northfield, MA 01360413-846-1200.

Robert Dickerman

Northfield