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EXHIBIT 23.1                       


              CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS



The Board of Directors
St. Francis Capital Corporation:

         We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statement
(No. 33-70012 and 333-24057) on Form S-8 of St. Francis Capital Corporation of
our report dated November 13, 1997, relating to the consolidated statements of
financial condition of St. Francis Capital Corporation and Subsidiary as of
September 30, 1997 and 1996, and the related consolidated statements of income,
shareholders' equity and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year
period ended September 30, 1997, which report appears in the September 30, 1997
annual report on Form 10-K of St. Francis Capital Corporation.



                                                   KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP



Milwaukee, Wisconsin
December 26, 1997





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