Anthony Fraser is the son of Hamish Fraser (1913–1986), a Catholic convert and co-editor of Apropos, a successor periodical to the famous Approaches, edited by his father, dedicated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, and in Hamish Fraser own words First inspired by the need to promote Catholic lay initiatives in the temporal order: initiatives juridically distinct from the hierarchy yet in a spirit of uncompromising fidelity to the authentic social doctrine of the Teaching Church.