Faith In Their Work

"There are several things that are sensitive that we would rather keep in-house," Sedgwick explains. "And then, obviously, the price is the number one factor. It's less expensive to keep it inside, which is proven every year by doing market studies."

Confidentiality and price are at the heart of other church-based in-plants, as well. At the Archdiocese of Boston's six-employee in-plant, Bruce MacDonald, print and mail service manager, feels confidentiality is the main reason the archdiocese has an in-plant. MacDonald says he won't even tell his own family about some of the material he sees in his shop.