If ‘thou shalt not bore thy listeners’ were one of the ten commandments, the Dominican nuns sweeping the internet would surely be the internet’s newest saints.
With a crisp habit and headscarf, Sister Miriam Holzman, 44, fronts a podcast microphone every week with her mesmerising and soothing voice, capturing fans by the millions.
The sister is the host of ‘Dominican Sisters Open Mic’, which debuted in January 2026 and is already seeing wild success.
On social media, every video has thousands of comments proving just how loved the show is.
“I’m literally one situationship away from this,” writes a fan.
“See how at peace they are with no men burdening them?” another pointed out.
“It’s like a sorority for Jesus,” a third notes.
They’ve even had famous faces grace their comment section with Elon Musk’s daughter, Vivian Wilson, commenting: “Wait, I’m low-key obsessed with this.”
The Michigan-based Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist nuns, have a charming ability not to preach – but to connect.
Their convent is made up of 140 women, some of which hold PhDs, but all with varying interests in science, basketball and choir practice.
Many of us might picture a stern, ruler-wielding disciplinarian when we envision a nun, but these sisters are redefining that image.
They have ‘Callie from the Valley’ accents, they refer to one another as “sister” in an endearing way, and most of all, they are unapologetically relatable, even if you’ve never even so much as opened the front cover of a Bible.
The set-up echoes some of the most famous podcasters, including Alex Cooper’s ‘Call Her Daddy’ or even Travis and Jason Kelce’s ‘New Heights,’ yet this show has something special behind the mic checks.
Some are finding it so difficult to believe that a podcast could be so wholesome, they have questioned if the show is AI.
While their content has a large religious focus, made clear by the Mother Mary pendant hanging from their necks and a stack of Catholic encyclopedias in the background – it’s the insight into the daily life of a nun that has everyone in love.
It’s refreshing to listen to women on the internet be supportive of one another, express their passion for the simple things in life, while offering the algorithm a break from drama and doom.
One of their most viral clips is a discussion about Lent, which is the practice of abstaining from a guilty pleasure as a sacrifice in the lead-up to Easter.
Some examples include chocolate, reality TV or a coffee addiction, but a guest nun on a particular episode shared a hilarious story: a sister she knew committed to slowing down behind the wheel.
“I heard of one sister for Lent, she tried to drive the speed limit like the whole time,” Sr. Mary Bethany said on the episode.
Sr. Miriam responds with a laugh: “So she gave up speeding?”
Sr Mary explains the nun had wanted to “work on having a more contemplative pace of life”.
The clip has over seven million views on TikTok, while another crowd favourite, where they discuss their love of ultimate frisbee, has almost six million.
In the wholesome clip, the sisters discuss their offence and defence strategies while unlocking a new vocal stim for younger generations: “Sister, you are so good at that!”
The page has amassed 253k followers, with nothing but praise and support as the media company that produces the podcast, OpenLight Media, continues to grow with the launch of a prayer app, a content series on YouTube which teaches good manners and other more traditional Catholic offerings.
“I think that the novelty of two sisters doing a podcast is enough to hold people’s attention for a second, which is what you need for TikTok,” Paul Dailey, the show’s director of marketing, told The New York Times.