In 1948, new bells and a clock were added to the front facade, along with images of Santa Filomena and Santa Teresinha, due to the patronage of Lourenço Oliveira (a U.S. emigrant and former resident).
Lisieux | Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen | Therese Alshammar | Arnulf of Lisieux | Thérèse of Lisieux | Thérèse Brenet | Thérèse Bonney | Therese | Pauline Therese of Württemberg | Marie Thérèse | Thérèse Wartel | Therese of Lisieux | Therese Neumann | Therese Malten | Thérèse Humbert | Therese Huber | ''Thérèse-Françoise Potain Roland, Wife of the Sculptor'', terra cotta | Thérèse Bentzon | Therese Bentzon | Sainte-Thérèse, Quebec | Sainte-Thérèse Assembly | Sainte-Thérèse | Marie Thérèse Rodet Geoffrin | Marie-Thérèse of Spain | Marguerite-Thérèse Lemoine Despins | Elisabeth Therese of Lorraine | Basilica of St. Thérèse, Lisieux | Anne-Thérèse de Marguenat de Courcelles |
He is an international authority on the life and writings of Thérèse of Lisieux.
The Afterword also sketches the Imitations influence on figures ranging from Therese of Lisieux (who memorized it) to Ignatius of Loyola to John Woolman to Dag Hammerskjold, who carried it with him on the flight that ended in his death.
At first a specialist in the writings of Georges Bernanos, he subsequently devoted his attention to the personality and writings of Thérèse of Lisieux.
Monforton served as pastor of St. Therese of Lisieux Parish in Shelby Township, Michigan from 2005–2006 and rector of Sacred Heart Seminary from 2006–2012.