EXHIBIT 32.2

                Certification of the Chief Financial Officer
                     Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350,
    as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of Monadnock Community Bancorp, Inc.
(the "Company") on Form 10-QSB for the period ending March 31, 2006 as filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the
"Report"), I, Karl F. Betz, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as
adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley act of 2002 and in
connection with this quarterly report on Form 10-QSB that:

      1.    The Report fully complies with the requirements of sections
            13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
            amended, and

      2.    The information contained in the report fairly presents, in all
            material respects, the company's financial condition and results
            of operations.


Date: May 12, 2006                     /s/ Karl F. Betz
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                                       Karl F. Betz
                                       Senior Vice President and Chief
                                        Financial Officer


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