CURRENT TRAINING
Trainings Offered:
Connect-Talk® Workshop
The Connect-Talk® Workshop explains the “Positive Christian Dialog” concepts, attitudes, and methods that comprise Connect-Talk® developed by Professor Romuald Simeone and Dr. Chiara Simeone-DiFrancesco.
This course will be offered in three levels: Standard, Intermediate, and Advanced.
Standard Level Workshop Dates are as follows:
May 7, 2026
May 14, 2026
May 21, 2026
Time: 6–9 PM
Included with Registration
Each registrant will receive two free books, a $50 value:
The Connect-Talk® Workbook — your essential reference for ongoing practice, by myself and Prof. R. Simeone and Bible, Love Letters From Your Father: Letters of John, Lectio Divina, Vol. 2 (Romuald B. Simeone)
Registration Fees
Early Registration (through April 7, 2026):
$95 per person / $175 per couple
Standard Registration (after April 7, 2026):
$115 per person / $210 per couple
How to Register
To register,
email: 
with:
Your full name (and spouse’s name if registering as a couple)
Email address and phone number
Payment is accepted via PayPal to: 
(Please select Friends & Family option if possible to avoid fees.)
Important Notes
To ensure a rich and interactive group experience, a minimum of 12 registrants is required. If fewer than 12 register, the workshop will be rescheduled, and you may either roll over your registration or request a full refund.
Cancellations made 7+ days before the first session will be refunded in full.
Cancellations within 6 days are non-refundable, but you will still receive your two books by mail.
Workshop Goal
The goal of the workshop is to learn how to immediately implement Connect-Talk® and truly listen with your heart.
If you wish to connect at a personal sharing level with your children (any age), your spouse, your prayer group, or trusted friends in Bible Study, this course is for you. It will show you how to do so in a way that will “wow” your awareness and transform you into a positive, emotionally safe, and responsive person.
We will be using the Letters of John, entitled Bible, Love Letters From Your Father: Letters of John, Lectio Divina, Vol. 2. and the accompanying workbook which details the Connect-Talk® skills and coaches you for group and partner sharing.
May our Lord Jesus bless your efforts for Him!
Dr. Chiara Simeone-DiFrancesco
Executive Producer & CEO, Jesus-Centered Institute, LLC & Dialog International Press, LLC (publishing division)
Scriptural Pastoral Foundations:
Via Scriptural Pastoral Foundations, pastoral workers, evangelists, witnesses, therapists and Christian families can become trained and formed via the Scriptural Books of John for Jesus-Centering of their lives and ministries from within the Christian culture and religion.
TRAINING & CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION PROVIDED BY JESUS-CENTERED INSTITUTE, LLC.
THE TUITION COSTS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
THERE ARE THREE TERMS PER YEAR, EACH 14 WEEKS, AND ONE 3 CREDIT COURSE IS OFFERED WITH CONTINUITY EACH TERM. ONE THREE CREDIT COURSE IS $725. If 18 CREDITS ARE COMPLETED, ONE OBTAINS A FULL CERTIFICATE FOR EARNING THIS EXTENSIVE TRAINING DEGREE FROM US. If 18 credits are not completed or are not available, you will receive a certificate demonstrating completion of the modules that the term(s) encompassed.
FULL PAYMENT for the registered term is required at registration and prior to commencing the course together with a $50 technology fee per year.
THIS TRAINING PROGRAM PROVIDES A CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION FOR EACH 3 CREDIT COURSE.
ITS GOAL IS TO LEARN WHO JESUS IS MORE PRECISELY AND BE COMMITTED TO HIM MORE FULLY, UNDERSTANDING “FOLLOW ME”. IT COVERS VERSE BY VERSE IN-DEPTH EXPLICATION OF THE JOHANINE SCRIPTURAL WRITINGS. THE BOOKS ARE READ WITHOUT COMMENTARY, BUT WITH THE VERSES EXPANDED TO INCLUDE IN NARRATIVE FASHION ALL THE WRITINGS AND UNDERSTANDINGS OF THE FATHERS OF THE CHURCH, THE SAINTS AND MAGISTERIAL INTERPRETATIONS.
THIS PRE-RECORDED COURSE IS SELF-PACED & TAUGHT BY PROFESSOR ROMUALD B. SIMEONE, SCRIPTURAL SCHOLAR, GENETIC HISTORIAN, THEOLOGIAN & MISSION CATECHIST. THERE IS CONSULTATION AT THE BEGINNING AND END OF THE COURSE WITH DR. CHIARA SIMEONE-DIFRANCESCO as well as ongoing email support as you progress and hand in assignments. REQUIRED MATERIALS ARE THE 5 TEXTBOOKS OF BIBLE, LOVE LETTERS FROM YOUR FATHER, BOOKS OF JOHN, (GOSPEL, LETTERS & REVELATION), LECTIO DIVINA, PLUS 63 HOURS OF VIDEOS & 2 CONSULTATION HOURS. There is a workbook available with these books, and the books are free with full payment for the course.
THE 63 HOURS OF VIDEO ACCOMPANY THE BOOKS FOR NO EXTRA CHARGE.
THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 9 HOURS OF STUDENT ENGAGEMENT PER WEEK. THIS TIME MAY BE SPENT ON WATCHING THE VIDEOS, READINGS, ASSIGNMENTS.
Dates: AS THIS IS SELF-PACED, ENROLLMENT IS ONGOING. Please contact us if you are interested in enrolling.
Ground your service on the foundation of your faith.
Scriptural Pastoral Foundations gives the educational substrata needed for professionals who wish to practice in a Jesus-Centerd manner. One needs the foundation in order to build properly a practice that is expert, knowledgeable, and ethical. Learn and be inspired so that you too can be Jesus-Centered.
Offered Upon Group Request: Other Educational Training Topics
(This offerings below are educational &/or spiritual workshops, not the provision of counseling or psychotherapy.) More information will be forthcoming as this site is still in development. Please feel free to contact us in the meanwhile.
- Emotional Intimacy for Christians
- Evangelism & Pastoral Care
- Connect-Talk® Skills: “Hear with Your Heart” Workshop for Marriages; for Organizations, & for Professional Associations.