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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.3


                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS


We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" in this 
Registration Statement (Form S-4) and related Joint Proxy Statement /
Prospectus of FirstFederal Financial Services Corp. and First Shenango Bancorp,
Inc. for the registration of up to 3,150,000 shares of FirstFederal Financial
Services Corp common stock and to the incorporation by reference therein of our
report dated February 6, 1998, with respect to the consolidated financial
statements of First Shenango Bancorp, Inc. included in its Annual Report (Form
10-K) for the year ended December 31, 1997, filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission.


                                                      /s/ ERNST & YOUNG LLP

April 29, 1998