2014/10/19. Business as a Calling Day. Director of the John A. Ryan Institute for Catholic Social Thought, University of St. Thomas. Michael Naughton is the director of the John A. Ryan Institute for Catholic Social Thought, and holds the Alan W. Moss Endowed Chair in Catholic Social Thought at the University of St. Thomas (St. Paul, MN). He is the author and editor of several books, including Bringing Your Business to Life, Managing as if Faith Mattered, Rediscovering Abundance, and Rethinking the Purpose of Business. He earned a Ph.D. in Theology and Society from Marquette University, and an M.B.A. from the University of St. Thomas. He serves on several corporate boards and has brought together an international community of scholars and practitioners to engage practical and theological questions about theology and business. He has also spearheaded collaborations on topics such as A Theology of Institutions and Seeing Things as a Whole.