It’s Loteria and Gorditas Season – 2018 El Paso Kermes Schedule

Summer time in El Paso is also Kermes time in El Paso.

From now through the end of September, it's one weekend outdoor fund raiser after another at a Catholic church near you. (A "kermes," in case you don't know, is what we call a church bazaar around here.)

And that means Loteria, corn in a cup, and homemade, just-like-grandma-makes tacos and gorditas. Heck, more often than not you'll find a chain-gang of grandmothers making the food on-site. (That's how you know you've found a good one!)

Here's where you can get your loteria and gorditas fix for the rest of the summer.

June 2018 Kermes

• June 15-17: Our Lady of Guadalupe
• June 15-16: San Antonio de Padua
• June 22-24: St. Peter and Paul
• June 23-24: San Juan Bautista
• June 29-30: St. Paul the Apostle

July 2018 Kermes

• July 1: St. Paul the Apostle
• July 6-8: Yselta Mission Festival- Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
• July 27-29: St. Ignatius de Loyola

August 2018 Kermes

• Aug 3-5: Our Lady of the Light
• Aug 4-5: Our Lady of Sorrows
• Aug 10-12 San Lorenzo
• Aug 17-19 Our Lady of the Valley
• Aug 17-19 San Judas de Tadeo
• Aug 24-26 Cristo Rey Feria del Valle

September 2018 Kermes

• Sep 7-9: Holy Spirit
• Sep 14-16: Santa Rosa de Lima
• Sep 14-16: San Elceario
• Sep 21-23: St. Francis X. Cabrini
• Sep 22-23: Sacred Heart
• Sept 28-30: La Purisima-Socorro
• Sept 28-29: St. Pius X
• Sept 29-30: Little Flower
• Sep 29-30: St. Francis de Assisi