Catholic Explorer is the official newspaper of the Diocese of Joliet and a member of both the Catholic Press Association and the Northern Illinois Newspaper Association. According to its mission statement, the newspaper's goal is "to bring to print the Word as it takes life through our people" and to be "a voice for the unborn, the elderly, the impoverished." The paper is published weekly from January through June and September through December, and biweekly in July and August. The newspaper's headquarters is at the St. Charles Borromeo Pastoral Center in Romeoville.