Especially for those of you in the NYC area - this looks like lots of fun:

Roman Forum Spring Ball
to honor
THE BIRTHDAY OF ROME: 753 B.C.-2008 A.D.

Saturday, April 26th, 2008, 7:00 P.M. through Midnight
Feast translated from April 21

7 Piece Rich Siegel Ballroom Orchestra
Grand Imperial Buffet and Dessert
BYOB

Well Done Roma! Festivities and Spontaneous Outburst of Joy 10:00 P.M.

On Rome’s Birthday (April 21, 753 B.C.) and the Parilia

According to tradition, Romulus took up his trusty plow and marked out
a sulcus around “Shepherds’ Hill” on the twelfth day before the Kalends of
May, i.e., a.d. XII Kal. Mai-a date which, give or take eleven or twelve
days, roughly corresponds to what we call April 21st. Conveniently, the date
was also the festival of the shepherd goddess Pales (the Parilia), in whose
honor the hill, chosen by Romulus, had been named the Palatine.
When the festival was adopted by city dwellers, the date was set to
coincide with the date of the traditional founding of Rome. Each area of
Rome set up festivities, much like a block party. Bonfires were set onto
which offerings were thrown. The event concluded with a bountiful feast set
up out of doors. Christians can also commemorate the day due to Rome’s
significance in Scripture and Church History.
Two songs will be sung at the 10:00 P.M. festivities: The papal hymn,
Roma Immortale, and Rome’s Birthday Song, the latter to the tune of
Oklahoma, with lyrics by Judy Hallet. See the back of this announcement for
the words.

Reserve by April 21st, 2008
$50 per person; children 16 & under with parents–free will donation
(jacket and tie or dinner jacket for men required)

Make checks payable to The Roman Forum
11 Carmine Street, 2C, NY, NY, 10014

Catholic Center at New York University
238 Thompson St. (Between Washington Square South and West 3rd St.)
A, B, C, D, E, F, V trains to West 4th St.; R to 8th St.; 6 to Bleecker St.

For further information: www.romanforum.org
Texts for Well Done Roma! Festivities

Roma Immortale

Roma immortale di Martiri e di Santi,
Roma immortale accogli i nostri canti:
Gloria nei cieli a Dio nostro Signore,
Pace ai Fedeli, di Cristo nell’amore.
A Te veniamo, Angelico Pastore,
In Te vediamo il mite Redentore,
Erede Santo di vera e santa Fede;
Conforto e vanto a chi combate e crede,
Non prevarranno la forza ed il terrore,
Ma regneranno la Verità, e l’Amore.

Salve Salve Roma, patria eterna di memorie,
Cantano le tue glorie mille palme e mille altari.
Roma degli apostoli
Madre e guida dei Redenti,
Roma luce delle genti, il mondo spera in te!

Salve Salve Roma, la tua luce non tramonta,
Vince l’odio e l’onta lo splendor di tua beltà.
Roma degli Apostoli
Madre e guida dei Redenti,
Roma luce delle genti, il mondo spera in te!

Rome’s Birthday Song

O! Nostra Roma Urbs Aeterna Septem Collium.
Huc viae ducunt, aquae fluunt, et stat vetus Capitolium!
O! Nostra Roma, olim servata ab ansere, latericia marmorea fiebas Augusto
principe.
Amor (tuum nomen retro) plus mansit hic uno saeculo.
Proclamemus “Roma, te salutemus, non morituram,
Macte virtute sis, Roma! Nostra Roma, ave!
Roma, Roma, Nostra Roma
Amor (tuum nomen retro) plus mansit hic uno saeculo.
Proclamemus “Roma, te salutemus, non morituram,
Macte virtute sis, Roma! Nostra Roma, ave, ave R_O_M_A,
Nostra Roma!